下
意
识

Subconscious mind in Chinese: 下意识 (xià yì shí)

xià yì shí

subconscious mind

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 下意識1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1subconscious mind

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下
意
识

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

下意识

Simplified

下意識

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 听到响声,他下意识地回过头。

    tīng dào xiǎng shēng, tā xià yì shí dì huí guò tóu。

    Hearing the noise, he subconsciously turned his head.

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Related words

下

xià

down

识

shí

to know

认识

rèn shi

to know

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

意思

yì si

idea

满意

mǎn yì

satisfied

同意

tóng yì

to agree

愿意

yuàn yì

to wish

注意

zhù yì

to take note of

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

故意

gù yì

deliberately

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