How to say “artificial intelligence” in Chinese

人工智能

réngōngzhìnéng

artificial intelligence

expression · HSK 6 · topic “Network and devices”

“Artificial intelligence” in Chinese is 人工智能, rén gōng zhì néng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

人工智能 is read rén gōng zhì néng: 4 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

rén — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

gōng — 1st tonehigh and level, like a long note

zhì — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”

néng — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

人

rén — person

A picture of a walking person: two legs.

工

gōng — work, labor

A picture of a carpenter's square.

智

zhì — wisdom, intellect

On top, 知 zhī “know” gives both meaning and reading; below, 日.

能

néng — can, be able

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “人工智能”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 人工智能. Tap the sound icon to listen.

人工智能发展得非常快réngōngzhìnéngfāzhǎndefēichángkuàiArtificial intelligence is developing very fast.
人工智能正在改变我们的生活。réngōngzhìnéngzhèngzàigǎibiànwǒmendeshēnghuóArtificial intelligence is changing our lives.
这是人工智能生成的zhèshìréngōngzhìnéngshēngchéngdeThis was generated by artificial intelligence.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “artificial intelligence” in Chinese?

“Artificial intelligence” in Chinese is 人工智能, pinyin réngōng zhìnéng.

What does 人工智能 mean?

人工智能 (réngōng zhìnéng) means “artificial intelligence”.

How do you write 人工智能?

人工智能 is 4 characters: 人 (rén) — person; 工 (gōng) — work, labor; 智 (zhì) — wisdom, intellect; 能 (néng) — can, be able. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 人工智能?

人工智能 is read réngōng zhìnéng. Tones: rén — second tone, gōng — first tone, zhì — fourth tone, néng — second tone. The page has an audio recording.

“artificial intelligence” in the lesson “Artificial intelligence”

This word is from the topic “Network and devices” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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