神
shénShén HSK3

spirit

神 shén frequency
deity noun
god; deity; divinity; supernatural being

人们在庙里供奉着神。

rén​men zài miào lǐ gòng​fèng zhe shén.

People worship gods in the temple.

spirit noun
spirit; mind; consciousness; mental energy

过度劳累导致他现在的神很难集中。

guò​dù láo​lèi dǎo​zhì tā xiàn​zài de shén hěn nán jí​zhōng.

Overwork has made it difficult for him to concentrate his spirit.

awesome adjective
(coll.) amazing; incredible; extraordinary; highly skilled

你猜得太神了，竟然全对！

nǐ cāi de tài shén le, jìng​rán quán duì!

Your guess was incredibly accurate—you got everything right!

expression noun
look; facial expression; appearance; air

虽然他没说话，但他的神显得很不自然。

suī​rán tā méi shuō​huà, dàn tā de shén xiǎn​de hěn bù zì​rán.

Although he didn't say anything, his expression looked very unnatural.

mysterious adjective
supernatural; magical; mysterious; miraculous

这事儿说起来挺神的，没人能解释。

zhè shì r shuō qi​lai tǐng shén de, méi rén néng jiě​shì.

It sounds quite mysterious; nobody can explain it.

神 Shén
god noun
God; deity; spirit

他是人们心中的神。

tā shì rén​men xīn zhōng de Shén.

He is a god in the hearts of the people.

Frequency
Character
Written text
227th most common 953.7 per million
Movie subtitles
329th most common 471.3 per million appears in 81% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
112.6 per million appears in 25% of films
Written text
167.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+795E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)