정신

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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 精神 (mind, consciousness).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongsin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongsin
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngsin
Yale Romanization?cengsin

Noun

정신 (jeongsin) (hanja 精神)

  1. mind; consciousness; pneuma; psyche
    육신 정신yuksin-gwa jeongsinthe physical body and the psyche
    정신 잃다jeongsin-eul iltato lose consciousness
  2. mindset
    지피지기 정신으로
    jipijigi-ui jeongsin-euro
    with the mindset that "if you know the enemy and know yourself "

Derived terms

adjectival noun
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)
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