Definition
直觉 (zhíjué) is a noun meaning 'intuition' — a gut feeling or immediate insight without conscious reasoning. It differs from 本能 (běnnéng 'instinct'), which is an inborn, biological drive (e.g., fight-or-flight), and from 预感 (yùgǎn 'premonition'), which is a specific foreboding about a future event. 知觉 (zhījué) is unrelated — it means 'consciousness' or 'perception' (the ability to sense).
noun
intuition
Easily confused
- 知觉zhī juésound-alikeconsciousness (the state of being awake and aware)
Examples
- 直觉，。Bàn àn bù néng zhǐ kào zhí jué, hái xūyào zhèngjù.Solving a case cannot rely only on intuition; evidence is also needed.
- 直觉。Tā de zhí jué gàosu tā zhè jiàn shì méi nàme jiǎndān.His intuition told him this matter wasn't that simple.
- ，，直觉。Zuò juédìng shí, wǒ zǒng shì yí bàn kào fēnxī, yí bàn kào zhí jué.When making decisions, I always rely half on analysis and half on intuition.
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