JLPT N1 · な-adjective

知的 (chiteki)

知的 (ちてき, chiteki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “intellectual”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ちてき
Romaji: chiteki
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

intellectual · な-adjective

Example sentences

知的な会話が好きです。

I enjoy intellectual conversations.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 知的

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	知的だ	ちてきだ chitekida
Present (polite)	知的です	ちてきです chitekidesu
Negative	知的じゃない	ちてきじゃない chitekijanai
Past	知的だった	ちてきだった chitekidatta
Negative past	知的じゃなかった	ちてきじゃなかった chitekijanakatta
Te-form	知的で	ちてきで chitekide
Before a noun	知的な	ちてきな chitekina
Adverb (~ni)	知的に	ちてきに chitekini

Kanji in 知的

知

know, wisdomチ・し.る・し.らせる · 8 strokes

的

bull's eye, mark, targetテキ・まと · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 知的.

知るしるto know承知しょうちknowledge知らせるしらせるto notify知恵ちえwisdom知事ちじprefectural governor知識ちしきknowledge知能ちのうintelligence知らせしらせnews知合いしりあいacquaintance知人ちじんfriend通知つうちnotice知り合いしりあいacquaintance知性ちせいintelligence未知みちnot yet known

Source: JMdict entry 1420650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.