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良知

liángzhī

innate sense of right and wrong

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

innate sense of right and wrong

02

conscience

03

bosom friend

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 良知 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 良知 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

人人生而自由,尊严和权利平等。他们赋有理性和良知,应以弟兄之情互相对待。rén rén shēng ér zì yóu, zūn yán hé quán lì píng děng。 tā men fù yǒu lǐ xìng hé liáng zhī, yīng yǐ dì xiōng zhī qíng hù xiāng duì dài。

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

人各赋有理性良知,诚应和睦相处,情同手足。rén gè fù yǒu lǐ xìng liáng zhī, chéng yìng hè mù xiāng chǔ, qíng tóng shǒu zú。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 良知.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 良知.

Directly before

  • 和良知1
  • 理性良知1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 良知

What does 良知 mean in Chinese?

良知 (liángzhī) means innate sense of right and wrong.

How do you pronounce 良知?

良知 is pronounced liángzhī.

Is 良知 an HSK word?

良知 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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