直觉

直覺

zhíjué

noun HSK 7-9 #3,059

Meanings

1 intuition
2 gut feeling

Characters

direct; straight

Examples

我的直觉告诉我他在说谎。

Wǒ de zhíjué gàosù wǒ tā zài shuōhuǎng.

My intuition tells me he's lying.

有时候要相信自己的直觉。

Yǒushíhòu yào xiāngxìn zìjǐ de zhíjué.

Sometimes you need to trust your gut feeling.

Tips

memory

直 (direct) + 觉 (sense/feel) = a direct feeling without reasoning, i.e. intuition.

usage

Often used with 凭 (píng) as in 凭直觉 meaning 'by intuition'.

Stroke Order

直 zhí

觉 jué