🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

神经

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shén jīng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
神经/ˈʃən.dʒɪŋ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"人体内有复杂的神经系统。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A whitish fiber or bundle of fibers in the body that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs.

    "The injury damaged a nerve in his left hand, causing numbness."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Informally used to describe someone who is overly high-strung, eccentric, or acting in a crazy or unpredictable manner.

    "Stop worrying so much, you are acting completely crazy."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Chinese terminology, combining 'shén' (spirit, deity, or mind) and 'jīng' (warp thread, classic, or channel). Originally rooted in traditional concepts of physiological and spiritual pathways, the term was adapted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to translate the Western anatomical and neurological concept of 'nerve'.

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