智慧

Chinese

		wisdom; knowledge	intelligent
trad. (智慧)		智	慧
simp. #(智慧)		智	慧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ wai⁶ / zi³ wai³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ-fi
• Eastern Min (BUC): dé-hiê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tì-hūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): di³ hui⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsy-we

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìhuì → zhìhui (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ → ㄓˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhhue̊i
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-hui⁵
    • Yale: jr̀-hwei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh.huey
    • Palladius: чжихуэй (čžixuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ wai⁶ / zi³ wai³
    • Yale: ji waih / ji wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ wai⁶ / dzi³ wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ wei⁶ / ji³ wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ wɐi̯²²/, /t͡siː³³ wɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ-fi
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii fi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi⁴ fi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dé-hiê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(h-)iɛ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì-hūi
    • Tâi-lô: tì-huī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: die'hui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ hui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²¹⁻⁵³ hui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹⁻⁵³ hui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹⁻⁴¹ hui³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: di³ hui⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tì hŭi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hui³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsy-we
    • MiniDict: tsy^去 we
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr-hhue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ ɦue⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: trjeH hwejH

Rime
Character	智	慧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	知義切	胡桂切
Baxter	trjeH	hwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiᴇH/	/ɦweiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚiɛH/	/ɦʷeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiɛH/	/ɣuɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjiə̆H/	/ɦwɛjH/
Li Rong	/ȶjeH/	/ɣueiH/
Wang Li	/ȶǐeH/	/ɣiweiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶie̯H/	/ɣiweiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi3	wai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tre-s  [ɢ]ʷˤe[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔl'es  ɡʷeːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	智	慧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì	huì
Middle Chinese	‹ trjeH ›	‹ hwejH ›
Old Chinese	/*tre-s/	/*[ɢ]ʷˁe[t]-s/
English	knowledge	intelligent
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	智	慧
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11497	5474
Phonetic component	矢	彗
Rime group	支	祭
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	智	慧
Old Chinese	/*ʔl'es/	/*ɡʷeːds/

Noun

智慧

1. wisdom; intelligence
2. (Buddhism) prajna; wisdom; insight

Synonyms

• (wisdom): 慧心 (huìxīn), 靈性／灵性 (língxìng)

Derived terms

• 人工智慧 (réngōng zhìhuì, “artificial intelligence”)
• 大智慧 (dàzhìhuì)
• 智慧光
• 智慧劍／智慧剑
• 智慧卡 (zhìhuìkǎ)
• 智慧城 (Zhìhuìchéng)
• 智慧型 (zhìhuìxíng)
• 智慧城市 (zhìhuì chéngshì)
• 智慧海
• 智慧火
• 智慧設計／智慧设计 (zhìhuì shèjì, “intelligent design”)
• 智慧財產權／智慧财产权 (zhìhuì cáichǎnquán)

 

Related terms

• 才能 (cáinéng)
• 才學／才学 (cáixué)
• 才智 (cáizhì)
• 學問／学问 (xuéwèn)

References

• “Entry #8490”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
智	慧
ち Jinmeiyō	え Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 智慧 – see the following entry.

【知恵ちえ】 [noun] wisdom, intelligence Alternative spelling 智恵

(This term, 智慧, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
智	慧

Noun

智慧 • (jihye) (hangeul 지혜)

1. hanja form^? of 지혜 (“wisdom”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
智	慧

Noun

智慧

1. chữ Hán form of trí tuệ (“wisdom, intelligence”).