精神病

Chinese

		spirit; soul; will spirit; soul; will; mind; mental state	ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
simp. and trad. (精神病)		精神	病

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngshénbìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄣˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ san⁴ beng⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): cheng-sîn-pēⁿ / cheng-sîn-pīⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīngshénbìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄣˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingshernbinq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingshénbìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵ piŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ san⁴ beng⁶
    • Yale: jīng sàhn behng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ san⁴ beng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ sen⁴ béng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ pɛːŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-sîn-pēⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-sîn-pēnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengsinpve
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin²³⁻³³ pẽ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-sîn-pīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-sîn-pīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengsinpvi
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕin²⁴⁻¹¹ pĩ³³/

Noun

精神病

1. (psychology) mental disorder; mental illness

Synonyms

• (informal) 神經病／神经病 (shénjīngbìng)

Derived terms

• 精神病學／精神病学 (jīngshénbìngxué)

• 精神病院 (jīngshénbìngyuàn)

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Japanese

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

Noun

精神病 (hiragana せいしんびょう, rōmaji seishinbyō)

1. mental illness, psychosis