直觉
zhíjué
intuition; instinct
Characters in this word
觉 jué
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- ⺍ sprouts 冖 cover 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他的直觉告诉他，这份看似合理的合约里藏着风险。 Tā de zhíjué gàosu tā, zhè fèn kànsì hélǐ de héyuē lǐ cáng zhe fēngxiǎn. His intuition told him that this seemingly reasonable contract hid risks.
- 凭多年经验，她凭直觉选出了最好的方案。 Píng duōnián jīngyàn, tā píng zhíjué xuǎn chū le zuì hǎo de fāng'àn. Drawing on years of experience, she chose the best plan by intuition.
- 直觉有时比仔细的分析更可靠。 Zhíjué yǒushí bǐ zǐxì de fēnxī gèng kěkào. Sometimes intuition is more reliable than careful analysis.
Related words
- 一直 yìzhí all the time; continuously
- 直接 zhíjiē directly; straight
- 简直 jiǎnzhí simply; practically
- 直 zhí straight
- 直播 zhíbō live broadcast
- 直到 zhídào until
- 直线 zhíxiàn straight line
- 垂直 chuízhí to be vertical
- 耿直 gěngzhí upright and frank; straightforward
- 径直 jìngzhí straight; directly
- 理直气壮 lǐzhíqìzhuàng to be confident and forceful because one is in the right
- 勇往直前 yǒngwǎngzhíqián to advance bravely; to press forward courageously