HSK · Level 107
45 words
Chinese word
知觉
Pronunciation
Pinyinzhī jué
Meaning
- nounconsciousness
Example
手术后她慢慢恢复了知觉。shǒu shù hòu tā màn màn huī fù le zhī jué
After the operation, she slowly regained consciousness.
More examples
事故后他被救上来时已经没有知觉了。shì gù hòu tā bèi jiù shàng lái shí yǐ jīng méi yǒu zhī jué le
After the accident, he was already unconscious when he was rescued.
Core concept
The mind notices sensory signals, tells them apart, and brings them into conscious awareness.
Common phrases
恢复知觉huī fù zhī jué
regain consciousness
失去知觉shī qù zhī jué
lose consciousness
视觉知觉shì jué zhī jué
visual perception
Similar words
感觉gǎn jué: The physical feeling produced by an outside stimulus reaching the skin or another sense organ.
意识yì shí: The conscious mental condition of recognizing oneself and one's surroundings and guiding behavior.
感知gǎn zhī: The ability of sensory organs or receptors to detect outside stimuli and changes.
认知rèn zhī: The mind's work of making sense of information and using it to reach judgments.
Definition in Chinese
对感觉信息进行感知、辨别并进入意识层面的心理能力或状态。duì gǎn jué xìn xī jìn xíng gǎn zhī biàn bié bìng jìn rù yì shí céng miàn de xīn lǐ néng lì huò zhuàng tài
Word origin
知 (zhī, "know") + 觉 (jué, "become aware") presents perception as sensation that becomes known to the mind.
Usage tips
- For English speakers, consciousness often sounds like a broad mental state, while this noun also covers the return of bodily feeling after anesthesia or fainting.
Other meanings
- sensationnoun
- perceptionnoun
Opposites
- 无意识wú yì shíunconsciousnessnoun
- 昏迷hūn mícomanoun
Related words
- 知觉能力zhī jué néng lìperceptual abilitynoun
- 知觉障碍zhī jué zhàng àiperceptual disordernoun