Philosophy in Chinese
philosophy · HSK 5
哲学
- 哲 wise
- 学 to study
Counted with 种: 一种哲学
他在大学学哲学。 He studies philosophy at university.
Other ways to say philosophy
More words with 哲 or 学
How do you say philosophy in Chinese?
Philosophy in Chinese is 哲学 (zhé xué). You can also say 理念 (lǐ niàn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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