精神分裂

Chinese

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

Etymology

Calque of the Ancient Greek roots σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) and φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, heart, diaphragm”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngshén fēnliè

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngshén fēnliè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄣˊ ㄈㄣㄌㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingshén fenliè
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-shên² fên¹-lieh⁴
  - Yale: jīng-shén fēn-lyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingshern fenlieh
  - Palladius: цзиншэнь фэньле (czinšɛnʹ fɛnʹle)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵ fən⁵⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ san⁴ fan¹ lit⁶
  - Yale: jīng sàhn fān liht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ san⁴ fan¹ lit⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ sen⁴ fen¹ lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ fɐn⁵⁵ liːt̚²/

Noun

精神分裂

(pathology, dated in Taiwan) (～症, ～病) schizophrenia
Synonym: 思覺失調症 / 思觉失调症 (sījué shītiáo zhèng) (Taiwan)
(pathology, dated) psychosis
Synonyms: 精神錯亂 / 精神错乱 (jīngshén cuòluàn) (Mainland), 思覺失調 / 思觉失调 (sījué shītiáo) (Hong Kong, Taiwan)
(informal, proscribed) dissociative identity disorder
Synonym: 人格分裂 (réngé fēnliè)
1. (informal, derogatory) a person who has doublethink

Synonyms

("multiple personalities" and related senses): 精分 (jīngfēn)

Verb

精神分裂

(informal) to be psychotic or schizophrenic
(informal) to have multiple personalities
1. to play multiple roles (of an actor)
2. (derogatory) to have doublethink; to hold self-contradictory opinions