精神分裂

Chinese

		spirit; soul; will spirit; soul; will; mind; mental state	to break; to split; fission
simp. and trad. (精神分裂)		精神	分裂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngshén fēnliè

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄣˊ ㄈㄣㄌㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ san⁴ fan¹ lit⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīngshén fēnliè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄣˊ ㄈㄣㄌㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingshenr fenlieh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵ fən⁵⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ san⁴ fan¹ lit⁶
  - Yale: jīng sàhn fān liht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ san⁴ fan¹ lit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ sen⁴ fen¹ lid⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ fɐn⁵⁵ liːt̚²/

Verb

精神分裂

(medicine) to be psychotic; to be schizophrenic
(in common uses) to have multiple personalities
(colloquial) to act out of one's character; to be or become insane

Noun

精神分裂

(medicine, now disfavoured in Hong Kong) psychosis
(～症, ～病) (medicine) schizophrenia
(medicine) Incorrect term for 人格分裂 (réngé fēnliè, “split personality”).

Synonyms

(short form) 精分 (jīngfēn)
(psychosis): (Hong Kong) 思覺失調／思觉失调 (sījuéshītiáo)

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