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直觉 (zhí jué): Intuition / instinct (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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2.

Character Breakdown

直觉 consists of 2 characters.

straight; direct

to feel, to sense, to become aware

Word Info

Pinyinzhí jué

Meaningintuition / instinct

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxNoun

Word直觉

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 直觉.

Words with 直

一直yī zhíHSK 3
直到zhí dàoHSK 3
直接zhí jiēHSK 4
简直jiǎn zhíHSK 5
垂直chuí zhíHSK 6
直径zhí jìngHSK 6
直播zhí bōHSK 6
理直气壮lǐ zhí qì zhuàngHSK 6

Words with 觉

睡觉shuì jiàoHSK 1
觉得jué deHSK 2
感觉gǎn juéHSK 4
自觉zì juéHSK 5
发觉fā juéHSK 6
听觉tīng juéHSK 6
味觉wèi juéHSK 6
嗅觉

xiù jué

HSK 6

3.

How to Use 直觉 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 直觉 with other words naturally.

Possessive + Nounwith女人

nǚ女

rén人

de的

zhí直

jué觉

neutral

a woman's intuition

Preposition + Nounwith凭

píng凭

zhí直

jué觉

neutral

by intuition

Adjective + Nounwith敏锐

mǐn敏

ruì锐

de的

zhí直

jué觉

Verb + Objectwith相信

xiāng相

xìn信

zhí直

jué觉

Subject + Verbwith告诉

zhí直

jué觉

gào告

su诉

wǒ我

4.

Example Sentences with 直觉

wǒ我

de的

zhí直

jué觉

gào告

sù诉

wǒ我

neutral

sharp intuition

neutral

trust one's intuition

informal

Spoken

my intuition tells me

，

jīn今

tiān天

huì会

xià下

yǔ雨

。

My intuition tells me it will rain today.

tā他

de的

zhí直

jué觉

mǐn敏

ruì锐

dé得

jīng惊

rén人

，

zǒng总

néng能

yù预

pàn判

shì市

chǎng场

de的

biàn变

huà化

qū趋

shì势

。

His intuition is astonishingly sharp, always able to predict market trends.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

méi没

yǒu有

yì一

zhǒng种

zhí直

jué觉

，

jué觉

de得

zhè这

jiàn件

shì事

bèi背

hòu后

lìng另

yǒu有

yǐn隐

qíng情

ma吗

？

Don't you have an intuition that there's more to this matter than meets the eye?

tā她

píng凭

zhí直

jué觉

xuǎn选

zé择

le了

zhèng正

què确

de的

dá答

àn案

，

méi没

yǒu有

duō多

xiǎng想

。

She chose the correct answer based on intuition, without overthinking.

wǒ我

zhè这

cì次

méi没

yǒu有

yī依

lài赖

zhí直

jué觉

，

ér而

shì是

zǐ仔

xì细

fēn分

xī析

le了

suǒ所

yǒu有

shù数

jù据

cái才

zuò做

jué决

dìng定

。

This time, I didn't rely on intuition; instead, I carefully analyzed all the data before making a decision.

suī虽

rán然

quē缺

fá乏

zhèng证

jù据

，

dàn但

wǒ我

de的

zhí直

jué觉

qiáng强

liè烈

dì地

àn暗

shì示

zhe着

wēi危

xiǎn险

jí即

jiāng将

lái来

lín临

。

Although lacking evidence, my intuition strongly hints that danger is approaching.

yǒu有

shí时

hòu候

，

zhí直

jué觉

bǐ比

luó逻

jí辑

fēn分

xī析

gèng更

néng能

bāng帮

zhù助

wǒ我

men们

zuò做

chū出

míng明

zhì智

de的

jué决

dìng定

。

Sometimes, intuition can help us make wise decisions more effectively than logical analysis.

zài在

jǐn紧

jí急

qíng情

kuàng况

xià下

，

tā她

wǎng往

wǎng往

píng凭

jiè借

zhí直

jué觉

xùn迅

sù速

zuò做

chū出

guān关

jiàn键

pàn判

duàn断

。

In emergencies, she often relies on intuition to make crucial judgments quickly.