慧 (huì): intelligent
慧 (huì) is a Chinese character meaning “intelligent.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 彗 (phonetic) and 心 (semantic). It ranks #1495 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 慧 mind. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- intelligent
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 慧
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 聪慧adjective | cōng huì | bright |
| 慧眼noun | huì yǎn | an all-seeing mind |
| 慧星 | huì xīng | variant of 彗星 |
| 慧黠adjective | huì xiá | intelligent |
| 贤慧adjective | xián huì | (of a wife) wise and kind |
| 人工智慧noun | rén gōng zhì huì | (Tw) artificial intelligence |
| 智慧型手机noun | zhì huì xíng shǒu jī | smartphone (Tw) |
| 秀外慧中phrase | xiù wài huì zhōng | good-looking and intelligent (idiom) |
| 智慧产权 | zhì huì chǎn quán | intellectual property |
| 慧能proper-noun | huì néng | Huineng (638-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism |
| 胡慧中 | hú huì zhōng | Sibelle Hu (1958-), Taiwanese actress |
| 大智慧noun | dà zhì huì | great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism) |
| 明慧adjective | míng huì | intelligent |
| 智慧财产 | zhì huì cái chǎn | intellectual property (Tw) |
| 杨开慧 | yáng kāi huì | Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife |
慧 appears in 22 compound words: 18 as the first character, 55 as the last, and 27 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 慧 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
她的智慧令人钦佩，总能想出解决问题的办法。
Tā de zhìhuì lìng rén qīnpèi, zǒng néng xiǎng chū jiějué wèntí de bànfǎ.
Her wisdom is admirable; she can always find solutions to problems.
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jīn huì chéng chūn 訓 shǒu xiù guàn dǎ 點 ! pí 膚 hǎo dào qiú mí 羨 mù gǎo . . .
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. . . 襄 qiú 場 邊 hū hū dà shuì bèi zhuā bāo ! lǐ duō huì shǎ yǎn tōu pāi
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...素食龍頭弘揚食品 投資4億打造首座綠電智慧新廠
. . . sù shí 龍 頭 hóng 揚 shí pǐn tóu 資 億 dǎ zào shǒu zuò 綠 電 zhì huì xīn 廠
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qiān chéng bǎi xiàn kàn zhōng guó hù háng chūn yùn 丨 hé běi jiāo tōng zhì huì gāo sù shǒu hù jiǎ . .
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愚蠢是智慧的缺乏。
Yúchǔn shì zhìhuì de quēfá.
Stupidity is a lack of intelligence.
慧如那个简报档还没传喔？客户在催。
Huì rú nàge jiǎnbào dǎng hái méi chuán ō? kèhù zài cuī.
Hasn't Huiru sent the slides yet? The client's pushing.
用大智慧做股票，说明您对投资是认真的！
Yòng dàzhìhuì zuò gǔpiào, shuōmíng nín duì tóuzī shì rènzhēn de!
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他天生拥有完美的智慧。
Tā tiānshēng yōngyǒu wánměi de zhìhuì.
He is gifted with perfect wisdom.
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