精神
jīng shén 1–2
spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist
- Characters
- 2
- 精 · 神
- Syllables
- 2
- jīng shén
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 640
Part of speech: n
Character by character
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Example sentences
他精神很好。
Tā jīng shén hěn hǎo
He was in good spirits.
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 精神. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 神shénHSK 5
deity; soul; spirit; unusual; mysterious; lively; expressive; expression; look; (slang) awesome; amazing
- 精彩jīng cǎiHSK 3
wonderful; marvelous; brilliant
- 神经shén jīngHSK 5
nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob
- 神秘shén mìHSK 4
mysterious; mystery
- 眼神yǎn shénHSK 7
expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect)
- 精jīngHSK 6
essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- 神奇shén qíHSK 5
magical; mystical; miraculous
- 精力jīng lìHSK 4
energy
- 精心jīng xīnHSK 7
with utmost care; fine; meticulous; detailed
- 酒精jiǔ jīngHSK 7
alcohol; ethanol CH3CH2OH; ethyl alcohol; also written 乙醇; grain alcohol
- 精英jīng yīngHSK 7
cream; elite; essence; quintessence
- 神话shén huàHSK 4
legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology
- 神圣shén shèngHSK 7
divine; hallow; holy; sacred
- 精确jīng quèHSK 7
accurate; precise
- 精致jīng zhìHSK 7
delicate; fine; exquisite; refined
- 精神病jīng shén bìngHSK 7
mental disorder; psychosis
- 精美jīng měiHSK 6
delicate; fine; refinement
- 精华jīng huáHSK 7
best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence; essence; soul
- 神情shén qíngHSK 5
look; expression
- 精明jīng míngHSK 7
astute; shrewd; smart
- 精通jīng tōngHSK 7
to be proficient in; to master (a subject)
- 神仙shén xiānHSK 7
Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person
- 精密jīng mì
accuracy; exact; precise; refined
- 精髓jīng suǐHSK 7
marrow; pith; quintessence; essence