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意识

yì shí · yi shi

Traditional 意識

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. consciousness
  2. awareness
  3. to be aware
  4. to realize
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When did you realize?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)什么时候(shénmeshíhou)意识到(yìshídào)手机(shǒujī)没电(méidiàn)了(le)？

    When did you realize your phone was out of battery?

  2. Dengdeng

    地铁(dìtiě)上(shàng)。我(wǒ)意识到(yìshídào)的时候(deshíhou)，已经(yǐjīng)黑屏(hēipíng)了(le)。

    On the subway. By the time I realized, the screen was black.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)回家(huíjiā)的(de)？

    How did you get home?

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)记得(jìde)路(lù)，可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)没(méi)意识到(yìshídào)自己(zìjǐ)坐反了(zuòfǎnle)方向(fāngxiàng)。

    I remembered the way, but I didn't realize I took the wrong direction.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)什么时候(shénmeshíhou)意识到(yìshídào)的(de)？

    Then when did you realize?

  6. Dengdeng

    在(zài)终点站(zhōngdiǎnzhàn)。

    At the last stop.

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2 examples
01

在(zài)你(nǐ)意(yì)识(shí)到(dào)你(nǐ)的(de)错(cuò)误(wù)前(qián)，我(wǒ)都(dōu)不(bú)会(huì)和(hé)你(nǐ)说(shuō)话(huà)。

I won't talk to you until you've realized your mistake.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by garborg · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

奇(qí)怪(guài)的(de)是(shì)我(wǒ)从(cóng)未(wèi)意(yì)识(shí)到(dào)这(zhè)一(yì)点(diǎn)。

Strange that I'd never realised that before.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by Rawrren · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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