凝神

Chinese

		congeal; concentrate attention	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
trad. (凝神)		凝	神
simp. #(凝神)		凝	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níngshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ san⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gêng-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níngshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níngshén
    • Wade–Giles: ning²-shên²
    • Yale: níng-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningshern
    • Palladius: ниншэнь (ninšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: yìhng sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ sɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 凝神 迎神

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: gîng-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gengsiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪŋ¹³⁻²² sin¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/

Verb

凝神

1. to focus one's attention

Synonyms

• 凝思 (níngsī)
• 厾厾想 (Hokkien)
• 定神 (dìngshén)
• 註註想／注注想 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 凝神細聽／凝神细听
• 凝神貫注

 

Related terms

• 出神 (chūshén)
• 入神 (rùshén)