精進

See also: 精进

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	advance; enter; to come in
trad. (精進)		精	進
simp. (精进)		精	进

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngjìn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄐㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ zeon³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngjìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄐㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingjìn
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-chin⁴
  - Yale: jīng-jìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingjinn
  - Palladius: цзинцзинь (czinczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ zeon³
  - Yale: jīng jeun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ dzoen³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ zên³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɵn³³/

Verb

精進

to forge ahead vigorously; to dedicate oneself to progress

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (精進):

→ Japanese: 精進(しょうじん) (shōjin)
→ Korean: 정진(精進) (jeongjin)
→ Vietnamese: tinh tấn (精進)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
精	進
しょう Grade: 5	しん > じん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーじん [shóꜜòjìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

精(しょう)進(じん) • (shōjin)

devotion; diligence
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Derived terms

精(しょう)進(じん)料(りょう)理(り) (shōjin ryōri)

Verb

精(しょう)進(じん)する • (shōjin suru) suru (stem 精(しょう)進(じん)し (shōjin shi), past 精(しょう)進(じん)した (shōjin shita))

to devote oneself to; to concentrate solely on
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Conjugation

Conjugation of "精進する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	精進し	しょうじんし	shōjin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	精進し	しょうじんし	shōjin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	精進する	しょうじんする	shōjin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	精進する	しょうじんする	shōjin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	精進すれ	しょうじんすれ	shōjin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	精進せよ¹ 精進しろ²	しょうじんせよ¹ しょうじんしろ²	shōjin seyo¹ shōjin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	精進される	しょうじんされる	shōjin sareru
Causative	精進させる精進さす	しょうじんさせるしょうじんさす	shōjin saseru shōjin sasu
Potential	精進できる	しょうじんできる	shōjin dekiru
Volitional	精進しよう	しょうじんしよう	shōjin shiyō
Negative	精進しない	しょうじんしない	shōjin shinai
Negative continuative	精進せず	しょうじんせず	shōjin sezu
Formal	精進します	しょうじんします	shōjin shimasu
Perfective	精進した	しょうじんした	shōjin shita
Conjunctive	精進して	しょうじんして	shōjin shite
Hypothetical conditional	精進すれば	しょうじんすれば	shōjin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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

“精進”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
精	進

Noun

精進

chữ Hán form of tinh tấn (“viriya”)