精神

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[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term

[edit] Noun

精神 (hiragana せいしん, romaji seishin)

  1. spirit, soul, mind, will

[edit] Idioms

  • 精神を打ち込む
    せいしんをうちこむ
    seishi wo uchikomu
    put one's heart into it
  • 精神を集中する
    せいしんをしゅうちゅうする
    seishin wo shūchiū suru
    concentrate one's attention
  • 精神が汚い
    せいしんがきたない
    seishin ga kitanai
    mean-spirited
  • 精神一到何事か成らざらん
    せいしんいっとうなにごとかならざらん
    seishin ittō nanigoto ka narazaran
    Where there's a will, there's a way

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

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[edit] Adjective

精神 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin jīngshén)

  1. (Intermediate Mandarin) lively

[edit] Noun

精神 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin jīngshén)

  1. (Beginning Mandarin) spirit; soul; mind; will

[edit] References

  • Shao, Jingmin (ed.) (2000). HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English). Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers. ISBN 7561720785.

[edit] Derived terms


[edit] Min Nan

simpl. and trad.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ tɕiŋ˧˧ɕɪn˧˥ ]

[edit] Noun

精神 (traditional and simplified, POJ cheng-sîn)

  1. spirit; soul; mind; will
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