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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 精神 (“mind, consciousness”).
Pronunciation
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Revised Romanization? | jeongsin |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jeongsin |
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McCune–Reischauer? | chŏngsin |
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Yale Romanization? | cengsin |
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Noun
정신 • (jeongsin) (hanja 精神)
- mind; consciousness; pneuma; psyche
- 육신과 정신 ― yuksin-gwa jeongsin ― the physical body and the psyche
- 정신을 잃다 ― jeongsin-eul ilta ― to lose consciousness
2018, 박선우 [bakseonu], “휘는 빛 [hwineun bit, Curving light]”, in Changjak-gwa bipyeong, volume 46, number 4, pages 135—150:그래서 매일 세시간씩 까페 창가 자리에 앉아 막연히 떠오르는 상념들을 적어내려갔고, 다음 날 맑은 정신으로 그걸 천천히 읽어보았다.- Geuraeseo maeil se-sigan-ssik kkape changga jari-e anja magyeonhi tteooreuneun sangnyeom-deur-eul jeogeo-naeryeo-gatgo, da'eum nal malgeun jeongsin-euro geugeol cheoncheonhi ilgeo-boatda.
- So for three hours every day, she would be sitting in the café window seat, jotting down the thoughts that spontaneously came to mind; the next day, she would slowly read them in a clearer state of mind.
- mindset
지피지기의 정신으로- jipijigi-ui jeongsin-euro
- with the mindset that "if you know the enemy and know yourself "
Derived terms
- 정신적(精神的) (jeongsinjeok, “mental; psychological”)
- 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”)