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精神

jīng shén

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个

精神 (jīng shén) means "spirit/energy; lively". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 精神 means

1. spirit
2. mind
3. consciousness
4. thought
5. mental
6. psychological
7. essence
8. gist

Other readings

精神 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jīng shenvigor; vitality; spirited; good-looking

The characters in 精神

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy

Example sentences

• 他精神很好。
  He was in good spirits.
• 真是精神可嘉！
  Zhēnshi jīngshén kějiā!
  That's the spirit!
• 变得更有精神了
  I feel much better now.
• 我觉得精神很好。
  I'm feeling fit.
• 今天我没有精神。
  I have no energy today.
• 汤姆看上去很精神。
  Tom looked well.

Words starting with 精神

• 精神病jīng shén bìngmental disorder; psychosis
• 精神文明jīng shén wén míngspiritual culture
• 精神病院jīng shén bìng yuànmental hospital; psychiatric hospital
• 精神抖擞jīng shén dǒu sǒuspirit trembling with excitement (idiom); in high spirits; lively and full of enthusiasm…
• 精神饱满jīng shén bǎo mǎnfull of vigor (idiom); lively; in high spirits
• 精神分析jīng shén fēn xīpsychoanalysis
• 精神分裂症jīng shén fēn liè zhèngschizophrenia
• 精神科jīng shén kēpsychiatry
• 精神焕发jīng shén huàn fāin high spirits (idiom); glowing with health and vigor
• 精神学jīng shén xuépsychology
• 精神性jīng shén xìngspirituality; mental; nervous
• 精神学家jīng shén xué jiāpsychologist
• 精神生活jīng shén shēng huóspiritual or moral life
• 精神病学jīng shén bìng xuépsychiatry
• 精神训话jīng shén xùn huàpep talk
• 精神日本人jīng shén Rì běn rén(neologism) "spiritually Japanese person"; person who identifies strongly with Japan
• 精神病医院jīng shén bìng yī yuànpsychiatric hospital
• 精神科医生jīng shén kē yī shēngpsychiatrist
• 精神财富jīng shén cái fùspiritual wealth
• 精神状态jīng shén zhuàng tàimental state; psychological condition
• 精神健康jīng shén jiàn kāngmental health
• 精神家园jīng shén jiā yuánspiritual home
• 精神药物jīng shén yào wùpsychotropic drugs
• 精神疗法jīng shén liáo fǎpsychotherapy; mental health treatment

Words containing 精神

• 创新精神chuàng xīn jīng shéncreativity
• 创业精神chuàng yè jīng shénenterprising spirit; pioneering spirit
• 团队精神tuán duì jīng shéngroup mentality; collectivism; solidarity
• 提起精神tí qǐ jīng shento raise one's spirits; to take courage
• 有精神病yǒu jīng shén bìnginsane
• 龙马精神lóng mǎ jīng shénold but still full of vitality (idiom)
• 抗精神病kàng jīng shén bìngantipsychotic (drug)
• 奉献精神fèng xiàn jīng shénspirit of devotion; dedication
• 契约精神qì yuē jīng shénculture of honoring contractual obligations
• 抖擞精神dǒu sǒu jīng shénto gather one's spirits; to pull oneself together
• 物质文明和精神文明wù zhì wén míng hé jīng shén wén míngmaterial and spiritual culture; matter and mind; material progress, ideology and culture…
• 类精神分裂型人格违常lèi jīng shén fēn liè xíng rén gé wéi chángschizoid personality disorder (SPD)

Where 精神 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Physical sensations & states (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jīng shén correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.