精神 jīngshén in a sentence
Energy (energetic - spiritual - spirit - drive)
精神 (jīngshén) means Energy (energetic - spiritual - spirit - drive). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
睡好觉才有 精神 。
Shuì hǎo jiào cái yǒu jīngshen.
You only have energy after a good sleep.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 精神
他今天看起来很有 精神 。
Tā jīntiān kàn qǐlái hěn yǒu jīngshen.
He looks full of life today.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 精神
他理发以后 精神 多了。
Tā lǐfà yǐhòu jīngshen duō le.
He looks much smarter after his haircut.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 理发
他振奋 精神 ，重新开始。
Tā zhènfèn jīngshén, chóngxīn kāishǐ.
He rallied his spirits and started again.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 振奋
他是这场运动的 精神 领袖。
Tā shì zhè chǎng yùndòng de jīngshén lǐngxiù.
He is the spiritual leader of this movement.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 领袖
我们要发扬艰苦奋斗的 精神 。
Wǒmen yào fāyáng jiānkǔ fèndòu de jīngshén.
We must carry forward the spirit of hard struggle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 发扬
会议 精神 已经贯彻到各个部门。
Huìyì jīngshén yǐjīng guànchè dào gège bùmén.
The spirit of the meeting has been carried through to every department.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贯彻
物质丰富并不能填补 精神 的空虚。
Wùzhì fēngfù bìng bù néng tiánbǔ jīngshén de kōngxū.
Material abundance cannot fill a spiritual emptiness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 空虚
她把辫子剪短了，看起来 精神 多了。
Tā bǎ biànzi jiǎn duǎn le, kàn qǐlái jīngshen duō le.
She cut her braid short and looks much brighter for it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辫子
他有开拓 精神 ，敢做别人不敢做的事。
Tā yǒu kāituò jīngshén, gǎn zuò biéren bù gǎn zuò de shì.
He has a pioneering spirit and dares to do what others will not.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开拓
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From the graded readers
我睡得很晚，第二天上班总是没 精神 。
wǒ shuì dehěn wǎn, dì'èr tiānshàng bān zǒngshì méi jīngshén.
I was going to sleep late, and always felt flat at work the next day.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
Questions about 精神
How is 精神 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 精神 (jīngshén, "Energy (energetic - spiritual - spirit - drive)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 精神 an HSK word?
Yes — 精神 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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The dictionary page for 精神 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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