失神

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad. (失神)		失	神

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīshén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ san⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳt-sṳ̀n

(Hailu, HRS): shid shin
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sih⁶ sing²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sit-sîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīshén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihshén
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-shên²
  - Yale: shr̄-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshern
  - Palladius: шишэнь (šišɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ san⁴
  - Yale: sāt sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ sɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: siid^ˋ siin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² sɨn¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shid shin
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃit⁵⁻² ʃin⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sih⁶ sing² [Phonetic: sih⁷ sing²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sih-síng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ ɬiŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sih⁶ sing² [Phonetic: sih⁷ sing²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiʔ²⁻⁴ ɬiŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: sit-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sitsiin
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ sin²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ sin²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ sin¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ sin²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚³²⁻⁴ sin²³/

Verb

失神

to be inattentive; to be absent-minded
to be in low spirits

Synonyms

(to be inattentive): 走神 (zǒushén)

Derived terms

失神落魄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
失	神
しつ > しっ Grade: 4	しん Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spellings
失神 (kyūjitai) 失心

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しっしん [shìsshíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɕːĩɴ]

Noun

失(しっ)神(しん) • (shisshin)

faint
Synonym: 気絶 (kizetsu)

失(しっ)神(しん)ゲーム ― shisshin gēmu ― choking game

Verb

失(しっ)神(しん)する • (shisshin suru) intransitive suru (stem 失(しっ)神(しん)し (shisshin shi), past 失(しっ)神(しん)した (shisshin shita))

to faint, to lose consciousness
- 1962, Masao Yamakawa, Kyōfu no Shōtai‎^[1]:
  
  そのたびに私(わたし)が悲(ひ)鳴(めい)をあげ、失(しっ)神(しん)しかけるのが、彼(かれ)には何(な)んともいえぬ甘(かん)美(び)な快(かい)楽(らく)らしいのです。
  Sono tabi ni watashi ga himei o age, shisshin shikakeru no ga, kare ni wa nan to mo ienu kanbi na kairaku rashii no desu.
  It seems to be an indescribably sweet pleasure for him to watch me scream and be about to faint each time.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "失神する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	失神し	しっしんし	shisshin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	失神し	しっしんし	shisshin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	失神する	しっしんする	shisshin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	失神する	しっしんする	shisshin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	失神すれ	しっしんすれ	shisshin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	失神せよ¹ 失神しろ²	しっしんせよ¹ しっしんしろ²	shisshin seyo¹ shisshin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	失神される	しっしんされる	shisshin sareru
Causative	失神させる失神さす	しっしんさせるしっしんさす	shisshin saseru shisshin sasu
Potential	失神できる	しっしんできる	shisshin dekiru
Volitional	失神しよう	しっしんしよう	shisshin shiyō
Negative	失神しない	しっしんしない	shisshin shinai
Negative continuative	失神せず	しっしんせず	shisshin sezu
Formal	失神します	しっしんします	shisshin shimasu
Perfective	失神した	しっしんした	shisshin shita
Conjunctive	失神して	しっしんして	shisshin shite
Hypothetical conditional	失神すれば	しっしんすれば	shisshin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“失神”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
失	神

Noun

失神 • (silsin) (hangeul 실신)

hanja form^? of 실신

[SMK5-1] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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