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): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ zeon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • 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

1. 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

Noun

精(しょう)進(じん) • (shōjin) 

1. devotion; diligence

Derived terms

• 精進料理(しょうじんりょうり) (shōjin ryōri)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
精	進

Noun

精進

1. chữ Hán form of tinh tấn (“viriya”).