精 jīng

1. jīng noun essence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 精华 (CCD '精' 2; Kroll 2015 '精' 1, p. 216; Unihan '精'; XHZD '精' 3)
2. jīng noun spirit; energy; soul
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '精' 7; Kroll 2015 '精' 2, p. 216; Unihan '精'; XHZD '精' 8)
3. jīng noun semen; sperm
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CCD '精' 8; Unihan '精'; XHZD '精' 5)
4. jīng adjective fine; careful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '精' 4; XHZD '精' 1)
5. jīng adjective clever; smart
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '精' 5; XHZD '精' 2)
6. jīng noun marrow; pith
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '精' 1a, p. 216)
7. jīng noun the finest; quintessence
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '精' 3, p. 216)
8. jīng adjective subtle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '精' 3b, p. 216)
9. jīng adjective detailed; precise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '精' 4, p. 216)
10. jīng adjective complete; perfect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 完美 (CCD '精' 3; XHZD '精' 4)
11. jīng adjective proficient; skilled
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '精' 6; Kroll 2015 '精' 5, pp. 216-217; XHZD '精' 6)
12. jīng adverb very; extremely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '精' 10; XHZD '精' 7)
13. jīng adjective refined; concentrated
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '精' 1; Kroll 2015 '精' 3a, p. 216)
14. jīng noun a demon; a specter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 妖精 (CCD '精' 9; Kroll 2015 '精' 6, pp. 216-217; Sharf 2005, p. 171; XHZD '精' 8)

Contained in

• 酒精性 alcoholic (beverage)
• 精明能干(精明能幹) able and efficient
• 有精神病 insane
• 精神学(精神學) psychology
• 精神生物学(精神生物學) behavioral neuroscience; biological psychology; biopsychology
• 精华(精華) best feature; quintessence; essence ; spirit ; radiance
• 精细(精細) fine; delicate ; meticulous; careful ; clear minded
• 精算 actuarial
• 小精灵(小精靈) elf
• 精通 to be proficient ; to act sincerely
• 精神生活 spiritual or moral life
• 苦精 bitters
• 香草精 vanilla; vanilla extract; methyl vanillin C8H8O3
• 精校本 corrected edition
• 精简开支(精簡開支) to reduce spending; to cut spending
• 精氨酸 argnine (Arg)
• 精神衰弱 psychasthenia; obsessive-compulsive disorder
• 洗发精(洗髮精) shampoo
• 精神饱满(精神飽滿) full of vigor; lively; in high spirits
• 精于此道(精於此道) to be proficient in the area of; skilled in this field
• 精采 remarkable; outstanding
• 精当(精當) precise and appropriate
• 害人精 goblin that kills or harms people; wicked scoundrel; terrible pest
• 没精打采(沒精打采) listless; dispirited; washed out
• 精明强干(精明強幹) intelligent and capable
• 精神病学(精神病學) psychiatry
• 糖精 saccharin
• 俏精 refined
• 精神分析学家(精神分析學家) psychoanalyst
• 精品 quality goods; products
• 精神恍惚 absent-minded; in a trance
• 精巢 testes
• 精密化 refinement; to add precision
• 精神文明 spiritual culture
• 精白 pure white; spotlessly white
• 物质文明和精神文明(物質文明和精神文明) material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture
• 精雕细刻(精雕細刻) fine sculpting; to work with extreme care and precision
• 养精蓄锐(養精蓄銳) to preserve and nurture one's spirit; honing one's strength for the big push
• 精明 shining ; astute; skilled ; sincere
• 精炼(精煉) to smelt ; to refine
• 酒精 alcohol; ethanol
• 时代精神(時代精神) zeitgeist
• 精纯(精純) pure; unmixed
• 排骨精 (jocularly) anorexic girl; a bag of bones
• 精神错乱(精神錯亂) insanity
• 受精卵 fertilized ovum
• 精神性 spirituality; mental; nervous; psychogenic
• 精囊 spermatophore
• 麦芽糊精(麥芽糊精) maltodextrin

Also contained in

精简指令集 、 白骨精

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 34
• 卷一百三十二 志第八十五 樂七 Volume 132 Treatises 85: Music 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 27
• 第九十回 Chapter 90 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 26
• 卷20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 23
• 卷一百三十三 志第八十六 樂八 Volume 133 Treatises 86: Music 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 21
• 卷五十八 Scroll 58 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
• 卷一百三十五 志第八十八 樂十 Volume 135 Treatises 88: Music 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 第九十二回 Chapter 92 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 16
• 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 16
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15

Collocations

• 精材 (精材) 求天下之精材 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 4
• 精爽 (精爽) 是以有精爽 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 精化 (精化) 二七十四而精化小通 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八 辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 3
• 精麤 (精麤) 士之精麤 — Guanzi 管子, 地圖第二十七 Chapter 27: Maps — count: 3
• 致精 (致精) 夫欲致精者 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷七 考功名第二十一 通國身第二十二 三代改制質文第二十三 官制象天第二十四 堯舜不擅移湯武不專殺第二十五 服制第二十六　Scroll 7 — count: 3
• 专精 (專精) 陰陽之專精為四時 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三　天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3
• 精粗 (精粗) 布帛精粗不中數 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 3
• 能精 (能精) 君子有能精搖摩監 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十九　脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort — count: 2
• 非一精 (非一精) 非一精之力 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷六 服制像第十四 二端第十五 符瑞第十六 俞序第十七 離合根第十八 立元神第十九 保位權第二十　Scroll 6 — count: 2
• 精沐 (精沐) 知下明則見精沐 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難三第三十八 Chapter 38: Difficulties III — count: 2