# 智慧
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhìhuì
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^3$ wai$^6$ / zi$^3$ wai$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ-fi
    (Hailu, HRS): zhi$^ˇ$ fui$^˖$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dé-hiê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tì-hūi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): di$^3$ hui$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsy-we
* 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: chih$^4$-hui$^5$
*** Yale: jr̀-hwei
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh.huey
*** Palladius: чжихуэй (čžixuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^3$ wai$^6$ / zi$^3$ wai$^3$
*** Yale: ji waih / ji wai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^3$ wai$^6$ / dzi$^3$ wai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^3$ wei$^6$ / ji$^3$ wei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³³ wɐi̯²²/, /t͡siː³³ wɐi̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ-fi
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii fi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^4$ fi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhi$^ˇ$ fui$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃi¹¹ fui³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dé-hiê
*** Sinological IPA : /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: di$^3$ hui$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tì hŭi
*** Sinological IPA : /ti²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hui³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsy-we
*** MiniDict: tsy$^去$ we
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tsr-hhue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ ɦue⁴⁴/
* 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 | /ʈˠiᴇ$^H$/ | /ɦwei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈᵚiɛ$^H$/ | /ɦʷei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiɛ$^H$/ | /ɣuɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈjiə̆$^H$/ | /ɦwɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶje$^H$/ | /ɣuei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶǐe$^H$/ | /ɣiwei$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶie̯$^H$/ | /ɣiwei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhì | huì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^3$ | wai$^6$ |
* 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 | ‹ trje$^H$ › | ‹ hwej$^H$ › |
| 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
* wisdom; intelligence
* (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 Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## 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)
* hanja form of 지혜 (“wisdom”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 智 | 慧 |

### Noun

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