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精

jīng

HSK 4 Character

What 精 means

1. essence
2. extract
3. vitality
4. energy
5. semen
6. sperm
7. mythical goblin spirit
8. highly perfected
9. elite
10. the pick of sth
11. proficient (refined ability)
12. extremely (fine)
13. selected rice (archaic)

Example sentences

• 精彩！
  Amazing!
• 马屁精！
  Asskisser!
• 他精神很好。
  He was in good spirits.
• 他精通英文。
  He has a good grasp of English.
• 她精通法语。
  She is proficient in French.
• 我精简语言。
  I shortened my speeches.

Words starting with 精

• 精神jīng shénspirit; mind; consciousness
• 精彩jīng cǎiwonderful; marvelous; brilliant
• 精力jīng lìenergy
• 精华jīng huábest feature; most important part of an object; quintessence
• 精心jīng xīnwith utmost care; fine; meticulous
• 精致jīng zhìdelicate; fine; exquisite; refined
• 精确jīng quèaccurate; precise
• 精通jīng tōngto be proficient in; to master (a subject)
• 精密jīng mìaccuracy; exact; precise
• 精简jīng jiǎnto simplify; to reduce
• 精益求精jīng yì qiú jīng(idiom) to constantly seek to improve; to keep perfecting
• 精打细算jīng dǎ xì suànmeticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
• 精品jīng pǐnquality goods; premium product; fine work (of art)
• 精英jīng yīngcream; elite; essence
• 精美jīng měiexquisite; elegant; fine
• 精灵jīng língspirit; fairy; elf
• 精选jīng xuǎncarefully chosen; handpicked; best of the bunch
• 精明jīng míngastute; shrewd; smart
• 精细jīng xìfine; meticulous; careful
• 精神病jīng shén bìngmental disorder; psychosis
• 精装jīng zhuānghardcover (book); elaborately packaged; opposite: 简装
• 精神文明jīng shén wén míngspiritual culture
• 精髓jīng suǐmarrow; pith; quintessence; essence
• 精巧jīng qiǎoelaborate

Words containing 精

• 酒精jiǔ jīng(colloquial) ethanol; ethyl alcohol
• 聚精会神jù jīng huì shénto concentrate one's attention (idiom)
• 无精打采wú jīng dǎ cǎidispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
• 博大精深bó dà jīng shēn(idiom) wide-ranging and profound
• 妖精yāo jingevil spirit; alluring woman
• 味精wèi jīngmonosodium glutamate (MSG)
• 小妖精xiǎo yāo jīnggoblin; hussy; floozy
• 狐狸精hú li jīngfox-spirit; vixen; witch
• 汪精卫Wāng Jīng wèiWang Jingwei (1883–1944), Chinese politician who later collaborated with Japan during…
• 没精打采méi jīng dǎ cǎilistless; dispirited; washed out
• 白骨精Bái gǔ jīngWhite Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西游记; (fig.) sly and cunning person
• 香精xiāng jīngseasoning; condiment; flavoring
• 人精rén jīngsophisticate; man with extensive experience; child prodigy
• 受精shòu jīngto be fertilized; to be inseminated
• 地精dì jīnggnome; goblin
• 成精chéng jīng(of an animal or tree etc) to become a spirit or goblin…
• 排精pái jīng(medicine) to ejaculate
• 米精mǐ jīngrice cereal for infants (Tw)
• 害人精hài rén jīnggoblin that kills or harms people; fig. wicked scoundrel; terrible pest
• 小人精xiǎo rén jīngexceptionally bright kid; child prodigy
• 未受精wèi shòu jīngunfertilized (of ova, not soil)
• 酒精性jiǔ jīng xìngalcoholic (beverage)
• 高精度gāo jīng dùhigh precision
• 创新精神chuàng xīn jīng shéncreativity

Characters built on 青

These share the phonetic component 青 (qīng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet
• 睛jīngeye; eyeball
• 晴qíngclear; fine (weather)
• 婧jìng(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 靖jìng(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress

Characters that look like 精

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 辖xiálinchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 艘sōuclassifier for ships; Taiwan pr. sāo
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing
• 楷jiēChinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
• 榷quèfootbridge; toll, levy; monopoly

Sounds the same

Read jīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 京capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old)
• 经classics; sacred book; scripture
• 睛eye; eyeball
• 惊to startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 晶crystal
• 茎stalk; stem
• 兢to be fearful; apprehensive
• 菁leek flower; lush; luxuriant
• 荆chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…
• 泾Jing River
• 鲸whale
• 旌banner; make manifest