tâm lí

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === tâm lý === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 心理, composed of 心 (“heart; mind”) and 理 (“workings”), Japanese 心理 (shinri, “psychological”, literally “workings of the mind”). The Japanese term was also used to mean "intellectual" in contrast with 物理 (butsuri, vật lí, “naturalist; physical”, literally “workings of things”), as a type of discipline that concerned theology, philosophy, politics and law. Compare sinh lí (“physiology”, literally “workings of life”) and địa lí (“geography”, literally “workings of the earth”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [təm˧˧ li˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [təm˧˧ lɪj˨˩˦] (Saigon) IPA(key): [təm˧˧ lɪj˦˥] === Noun === tâm lí psyche, especially concerns, hang-ups or baggage === Adjective === tâm lí (psychology) psychological === See also === tâm lí học tâm sinh lí