智商

Chinese

		wisdom; knowledge	quotient
trad. (智商)		智	商
simp. #(智商)		智	商

Etymology

Short for 智力商數／智力商数 (zhìlì shāngshù).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìshāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ soeng¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tì-siong / tì-siang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìshāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhshang
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-shang¹
    • Yale: jr̀-shāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshang
    • Palladius: чжишан (čžišan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìshāngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕㄤㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhshangr
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-shang¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: jr̀-shāngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshangl
    • Palladius: чжишанр (čžišanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ soeng¹
    • Yale: ji sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ sœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-siong
    • Tâi-lô: tì-siong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diesiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-siang
    • Tâi-lô: tì-siang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diesiafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ siaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

智商

1. intelligence quotient (IQ)
2. (informal) intelligence; wit

   就這智商，還出來混吶！ [MSC, trad.]
   就这智商，还出来混呐！ [MSC, simp.]

   Jiù zhè zhìshāng, hái chūlái hùn na! [Pinyin]

   How brave you are for trying to get by with a brain like that! (sarcastic)

Synonyms

• (wit): 智力 (zhìlì)

Derived terms

• 智商稅／智商税 (zhìshāngshuì)

 

See also

• 情商 (qíngshāng)