直觉

直覺

zhíjué

noun HSK 7-9 #3,059

Meanings

1 intuition
2 gut feeling

Characters

direct; straight

Examples

HSK 2

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.

HSK 7-9

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.

Tips

memory

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

usage

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

Stroke Order

直 zhí

觉 jué