정신
Korean
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Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 精神 (“mind, consciousness”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɕʰin]
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- Phonetic hangul: [정신]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | jeongsin |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jeongsin |
| McCune–Reischauer? | chŏngsin |
| Yale Romanization? | cengsin |
Noun
[edit]- mind; consciousness; pneuma; psyche
- 육신과 정신 ― yuksin-'gwa jeongsin ― the physical body and the psyche
- 정신을 잃다 ― jeongsin-eul ilta ― to lose consciousness
- 2018, 박선우 [bakseonu], “휘는 빛 [hwineun bit, Curving light]”, in Changjak-gwa bipyeong, volume 46, number 4, pages 135—150:
- 그래서 매일 세시간씩 까페 창가 자리에 앉아 막연히 떠오르는 상념들을 적어내려갔고, 다음 날 맑은 정신으로 그걸 천천히 읽어보았다.
- Geuraeseo maeil se-sigan-ssik kkape changga jari-e anja magyeonhi tteooreuneun sangnyeom-deur-eul jeogeo-naeryeo-gatgo, da'eum nal malgeun jeongsin-euro geugeol cheoncheonhi ilgeo-boatda.
- So for three hours every day, she would be sitting in the café window seat, jotting down the thoughts that spontaneously came to mind; the next day, she would slowly read them in a clearer state of mind.
- mindset
Derived terms
[edit]adjectival noun
- 정신적(精神的) (jeongsinjeok, “mental; psychological”)
verbs
- 정신없다 (jeongsineopda, “to be disorienting”, literally “to lack mind”)
- 정신을 차리다 (jeongsineul charida, “to pull oneself together”, literally “to put the mind in order”)
- 정신이 나가다 (jeongsini nagada, “to go insane”, literally “for the mind to leave”)
- 정신이 들다 (jeongsini deulda, “to stop being distracted”, literally “for the mind to enter”)
other
- 정신과(精神科) (jeongsin'gwa, “psychiatric clinic”)
- 정신권(精神圈) (jeongsin'gwon, “noosphere”)
- 정신병(精神病) (jeongsinbyeong, “mental illness”)
- 정신병원(精神病院) (jeongsinbyeong'won, “mental hospital”)
- 정신분열증(精神分裂症) (jeongsinbunyeoljeung, “schizophrenia”)
- 정신승리(精神勝利) (jeongsinseungni, “mental gymnastics”, literally “mental victory”)