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

• 정신적(精神的) (jeongsinjeok, “mental; psychological”)

 

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

• 정신과(精神科) (jeongsin'gwa, “psychiatric clinic”)
• 정신병(精神病) (jeongsinbyeong, “mental illness”)
• 정신병원(精神病院) (jeongsinbyeong'won, “mental hospital”)
• 정신분열증(精神分裂症) (jeongsinbunyeoljeung, “schizophrenia”)
• 정신승리(精神勝利) (jeongsinseungni, “mental gymnastics”, literally “mental victory”)