Chinese

精神

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/
spirit; soul; will
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 4

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  • characterChinese精 “essence; concentrate; extract”
    • meaningChinese米 “hulled or husked uncooked rice (Classifier: 粒 m c mn; 顆／颗 m)”
    • soundChinese青 “blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)”
      • soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
        • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”
  • characterChinese神 “god; deity; spirit”
    • meaningChinese示 “to show; to reveal; to indicate; to notify; to instruct”
    • soundChinese申 “original form of 電／电 (diàn, “lightning”)”

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