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Consciousness in Chinese: 意识 (yì shí)

yì shí

consciousness

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 意識1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1consciousness
  2. 2awareness
  3. 3to be aware
  4. 4to realize

Stroke order

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识

Zhuyin

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ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

意识

Simplified

意識

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他慢慢意识到自己错了。

    tā màn màn yì shí dào zì jǐ cuò le。

    He gradually realized that he was wrong.

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Related words

识

shí

to know

认识

rèn shi

to know

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

意见

yì jiàn

idea

知识

zhī shi

knowledge

主意

zhǔ yi

plan

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