정신

Korean

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeongsin
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeongsin
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏngsin
Yale Romanization^?	cengsin

정신 • (jeongsin) (hanja 精神)

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 세 시간 씩 까페 창가 자리 에 앉아 막연히 떠오르는 상념 들 을 적어 내려 갔고, 다음 날 맑은 정신으로 그걸 천천히 읽어 보았다.
  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.
mindset
지피지기 의 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]"

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”)

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