정신

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɕʰin]
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  • Phonetic hangul: [정신]
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
    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.
  2. mindset
    지피지기의 정신으로
    jipijigi-ui jeongsin-euro
    with the mindset that "if you know the enemy and know yourself [you will not be defeated in a hundred battles]"

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”)
other
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