精神

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Chinese[edit]

 
energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
 
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad.
(精神) 		精 神

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Rime
Character 精 神
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 船 (27)
Final (韻) 清 (121) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 子盈切 食鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇŋ/ /ʑiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛŋ/ /ʑin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡siæŋ/ /ʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡siajŋ/ /ʑin/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siɛŋ/ /d͡ʑiĕn/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭɛŋ/ /d͡ʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ɛŋ/ /d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jīng shén
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 精 神
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jīng shén
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsjeng › ‹ zyin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tseŋ/ /*Cə.li[n]/
English fine rice; pure spirit

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 精 神
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 11327 11245
Phonetic
component 		生 申
Rime
group 		耕 眞
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		精 神
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsleŋ/ /*hlin/

Noun[edit]

精神

  1. spirit; soul; will
    創業精神 / 创业精神  ―  chuàngyè jīngshén  ―  enterprising spirit
    工匠精神  ―  gōngjiàng jīngshén  ―  craftsman's spirit
  2. (psychology) mind; mental state
  3. energy; drive
    他的父親看起來是一位精神矍鑠的老人。 [MSC, trad.]
    他的父亲看起来是一位精神矍铄的老人。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de fùqīn kànqilai shì yī wèi jīngshén juéshuò de lǎorén. [Pinyin]
    His father looks like a sprightly old man.
  4. essence; gist

Adjective[edit]

精神

  1. (attributive) spiritual; immaterial; cultural
  2. (attributive) mental; psychiatric; psychological
See also[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms from 精神

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

精神

  1. lively; active; brisk; in good spirits; spirited; energetic
  2. (Northeastern Mandarin) pretty; handsome
  3. (Jianghuai Mandarin) cautious; alert
  4. (Jiaoliao Mandarin) shrewd

Verb[edit]

精神

  1. (Hokkien) to wake up; to be awake

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (精神):

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
精 神
せい
Grade: 5 		しん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

精神 (hiragana せいしん, rōmaji seishin)

  1. psyche; spirit; soul; mind; will
    • 2003 November 20, “ゴギガ・ガガギゴ [Gogiga Gagagigo]”, in 天空の聖域 [The Sanctuary in the Sky] (in Japanese), Konami:
      既 (すで)に精 (せい)神 (しん)は崩 (ほう)壊 (かい)し、肉 (にく)体 (たい)は更 (さら)なるパワーを求 (もと)めて暴 (ぼう)走 (そう)する。その姿 (すがた)にかつての面 (おも)影 (かげ)はない…。
      Sude ni seishin wa hōkaishi, nikutai wa saranaru pawā o motomete bōsōsuru. Sono sugata ni katsute no omokage wa nai….
      His mind long since collapsed, his body recklessly continues craving even more power. He no longer resembles his former self….

Derived terms[edit]

Compounds

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term
精神

Noun[edit]

精神 • (jeongsin) (hangeul 정신)

  1. Hanja form? of 정신 (“spirit, mind”).

Vietnamese[edit]

Hán tự in this word
精神

Noun[edit]

精神

  1. Hán tự form of tinh thần, (“spirit, mind”).
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