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神经

shén jīng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 神經

神经 (shén jīng) means "nerve". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 神经 means

1. nerve
2. mental state
3. colloquialunhinged
4. nutjob

The characters in 神经

• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture

Example sentences

• 你发神经了吗？
  Nǐ fāshénjīng le ma?
  Have you gone crazy?
• 不要太神经质。
  Bù yào tài shénjīngzhì.
  You don't have to be so nervous.
• 雅尼是阿尔及利亚认证神经病学家。
  Yanni is an Algerian certified neurologist.
• 球迷们安静下来，绷紧神经，观看两支球队的点球大战。
  Qiúmí men ānjìng xiàlai, bēngjǐn shénjīng, guānkàn liǎng zhī qiúduì de diǎnqiú dàzhàn.
  The fans went silent as they nervously watched the penalty shootout between the two teams.

Words starting with 神经

• 神经病shén jīng bìngmental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case
• 神经质shén jīng zhìnervous; on edge; excitable
• 神经衰弱shén jīng shuāi ruònervous exhaustion; neurasthenia; mental breakdown…
• 神经系统shén jīng xì tǒng(anatomy) nervous system
• 神经过敏shén jīng guò mǐnjumpy; nervous; oversensitive
• 神经元shén jīng yuánneuron
• 神经学shén jīng xuéneurology
• 神经性shén jīng xìngneural; mental; neurological
• 神经科shén jīng kēneurology department
• 神经管shén jīng guǎnneural tube (embryology)
• 神经索shén jīng suǒnerve cord
• 神经网shén jīng wǎngneural net
• 神经元网shén jīng yuán wǎngneural network
• 神经外科shén jīng wài kēneurosurgery
• 神经大条shén jīng dà tiáothick-skinned; insensitive
• 神经失常shén jīng shī chángmental aberration; nervous abnormality
• 神经学家shén jīng xué jiāneurologist
• 神经网路shén jīng wǎng lùneural network (artificial or biological)
• 神经生物学shén jīng shēng wù xuéneurobiology
• 神经节shén jīng jié(anatomy) ganglion
• 神经突shén jīng tūnerve process
• 神经网络shén jīng wǎng luòneural network
• 神经毒素shén jīng dú sùneurotoxin
• 神经痛shén jīng tòngneuralgia (medicine)

Words containing 神经

• 中枢神经zhōng shū shén jīng(anatomy) central nervous system
• 发神经fā shén jīng(colloquial) to go crazy; to lose it; demented
• 视神经shì shén jīngoptic nerve
• 交感神经jiāo gǎn shén jīngsympathetic nervous system
• 传入神经chuán rù shén jīngafferent nerve (transmitting in to the brain); afferent neuron
• 传出神经chuán chū shén jīngefferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain); efferent neuron; motor nerve
• 中间神经元zhōng jiān shén jīng yuáninterneuron
• 自主神经系统zì zhǔ shén jīng xì tǒngautonomic nervous system
• 自律神经系统zì lǜ shén jīng xì tǒngautonomic nervous system
• 周围神经zhōu wéi shén jīng(anatomy) peripheral nervous system
• 脑神经nǎo shén jīngcranial nerves
• 视神经盘shì shén jīng pánoptic disk (terminal of the optic nerve on the retina)
• 迷走神经mí zǒu shén jīngvagus nerve
• 视神经乳头shì shén jīng rǔ tóuoptic disk (terminal of the optic nerve on the retina)
• 坐骨神经zuò gǔ shén jīngsciatic nerve
• 坐骨神经痛zuò gǔ shén jīng tòngsciatica
• 横神经héng shén jīngtransverse commissure
• 太阳神经丛tài yáng shén jīng cóngsolar plexus chakra
• 脊骨神经医学jǐ gǔ shén jīng yī xuéchiropractic
• 中枢神经系统zhōng shū shén jīng xì tǒngcentral nervous system, CNS
• 末梢神经mò shāo shén jīngperipheral nerve
• 三叉神经sān chā shén jīngtrigeminal nerve
• 认知神经心理学rèn zhī shén jīng xīn lǐ xuécognitive neuropsychology

Where 神经 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Myths, Mysteries & Spirit (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shén jīng correctly.
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