妊娠

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Chinese

be pregnant pregnant
trad. (妊娠) 妊 娠
simp. #(妊娠) 妊 娠

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 妊 娠 娠
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 書 (26) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 侵 (139) 眞 (43) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 汝鴆切 失人切 章刃切
Baxter nyimH syin tsyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiɪmH/ /ɕiɪn/ /t͡ɕiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵimH/ /ɕin/ /t͡ɕinH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjemH/ /ɕjen/ /t͡ɕjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵimH/ /ɕin/ /cinH/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiəmH/ /ɕiĕn/ /t͡ɕiĕnH/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭĕmH/ /ɕĭĕn/ /t͡ɕĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯əmH/ /ɕi̯ĕn/ /t͡ɕi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rèn shēn zhèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jam6 san1 zan3

Verb

妊娠

  1. (formal) to gestate; to be pregnant

Usage notes

  • This is a medical term. The more common term is 懷孕／怀孕 (huáiyùn).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 懷孕 (“to be pregnant”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 孕, 妊, 娠, 懷, 有身, 妊娠, 懷孕, 懷子, 懷身, 懷妊, 重身, 夢蘭
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 懷孕, 懷胎, 妊娠, 有孕, 有身孕
Mandarin Beijing 有喜, 有了, 有身子, 大肚子
Taiwan 懷孕, 有身孕, 有了, 大肚子
Tianjin 懷
Langfang 有喜
Tangshan 有喜, 有了
Cangzhou 有喜
Baoding 有喜
Shijiazhuang 有喜, 有了
Daming 有啦
Ulanhot 懷孕
Tongliao 有了
Chifeng 懷孕
Bayanhot 懷娃娃
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 有了
Harbin 懷孩子, 有喜, 有了, 大肚子
Yantai (Muping) 有了, 有喜, 大肚子 derogatory
Qingdao 懷孕, 有喜, 有了
Jinan 有喜, 有啢, 懷孕, 雙身子
Luoyang 有喜, 有身子, 懷孕, 妊娠
Wanrong 巴結, 身子不空 euphemistic, 重身子 euphemistic
Zhengzhou 有喜, 懷孩兒
Xi'an 懷孕, 懷胎, 有啥 euphemistic, 有咧 euphemistic, 有身子 euphemistic, 快到炕下 euphemistic
Yinchuan 懷娃娃, 身上有了, 有了
Lanzhou 懷, 有了 euphemistic
Xining 有喜, 身不空, 大肚兒子, 大肚兒, 懷孕, 有啥 euphemistic
Ürümqi 害娃娃, 肚子大, 有咧
Wuhan 懷, 懷身, 懷伢, 有喜 euphemistic, 有了
Huanggang 馱肚子
Chengdu 有喜, 懷娃娃, 肚皮大, 揣起, 懷孕, 懷胎
Guiyang 懷娃娃, 害娃娃, 有喜, 有了, 懷妊, 肚皮大
Kunming 懷娃娃, 有娃娃, 有喜, 有身子
Liuzhou 懷孕, 有喜, 扛大肚子, 扛大肚
Xuzhou 懷孩子, 懷上, 懷, 有了, 有喜, 有孕, 雙身子 euphemistic, 帶球走 humorous
Yangzhou 懷到, 懷, 有喜, 有了, 帶到, 帶著
Nanjing 有喜, 帶肚子
Nantong 有喜, 有身子, 擔娠, 有了 euphemistic, 坐胎
Singapore 懷孕, 大肚子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 有哩, 懷上娃, 肚子大
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 懷上
Cantonese Guangzhou 大肚, 馱仔, 有喜, 有身己, 有咗肚, 有咗 euphemistic
Hong Kong 大肚, 馱仔, 有身己, 有喜, 有餡, 有咗 euphemistic
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 大肚
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 有身子, 四眼
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 大肚
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 馱仔
Guangzhou (Panyu) 有身己, 四眼
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 大肚, 有身己
Guangzhou (Conghua) 有身己
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 有身孕, 有歡喜
Foshan 有身己
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 有身己
Foshan (Shunde) 四眼
Foshan (Sanshui) 大肚
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 大肚, 帶喜
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 大肚
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 有咗身
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 四眼
Zhuhai (Doumen) 四眼, 有身己
Jiangmen (Baisha) 四眼
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 大肚, 四眼
Taishan 帶仔, 四眼, 大肚, 有喜, 有細民仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 帶仔, 四眼
Enping (Niujiang) 帶仔, 大肚
Heshan (Yayao) 有喜
Dongguan 馱仔, 有身
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 有身己
Shaoguan 有身己
Yunfu 馱仔
Xinyi 有啲, 帶大肚
Lianjiang 有仔, 大肚, 馱仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 有喜
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 有身己
Gan Nanchang 有喜, 馱肚
Lichuan 帶好事, 帶喜
Pingxiang 巴肚
Hakka Meixian 擐大肚, 擐倈肚, 有身項, 有身, 有身仔, 有喜, 大肚籮身, 有好事
Xingning 擐大肚
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 大肚腹, 馱仔
Huidong (Daling) 發大肚, 大肚腹
Dongguan (Qingxi) 肚腹大
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 肚腹大
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 大肚
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 發大肚, 大肚屎
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 馱仔, 馱胎
Conghua (Lütian) 懷孕
Changting 擐大腹, 大腹屎
Wuping 擐大肚, 大肚屎
Wuping (Pingyu) 擐大肚, 大肚屎
Liancheng 大腹屎
Ninghua 大腹屎
Yudu 有肚, 有好事, 懷肚
Ruijin 擐肚, 大肚屎, 大肚籮
Shicheng 有好事, 有肚, 大肚
Shangyou (Shexi) 搭大肚
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 有身項, 有身, 擐大肚, 擐人, 大肚屎, 有身妊, 病子
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 有身項, 有身, 擐大肚, 擐人, 大肚屎, 有身妊, 病子
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 有身項, 有身, 夯人, 大肚屎, 病子
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 有身項, 有身, 擐大肚, 擐人, 擐細人, 大肚屎, 有身妊, 病子
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 有身項, 有身, 擐人, 夯人, 大肚屎, 有身妊, 病子
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 有身, 大屎肚, 擐人, 有身妊, 病子
Hong Kong 大肚腹
Senai (Huiyang) 大肚腹
Huizhou Jixi 擔肚
Shexian 擔身體
Yixian 帶囝
Fuliang 有肚
Dexing 有肚
Jin Taiyuan 有咧, 懷上娃娃, 懷孕
Pingyao 懷上孩兒, 雙身
Xinzhou 懷上, 肚大
Taibus (Baochang) 懷孕
Linhe 有身孕, 有了
Jining 有了
Hohhot 有了
Baotou 有了
Dongsheng 懷胎, 懷肚
Haibowan 懷上肚子
Zhangjiakou 有咧
Handan 有了
Northern Min Jian'ou 有囝, 有身
Songxi 有妹仔
Zhenghe 有身
Jianyang 有囝
Wuyishan 懷身
Pucheng (Shibei) 有囝
Eastern Min Fuzhou 帶身, 有身喜, 帶身喜, 大腹肚, 病囝
Changle 帶身
Fuqing 帶身, 大腹肚
Yongtai 帶身
Gutian 有囝
Fu'an 帶身
Ningde 帶身
Shouning 帶身
Zhouning 大腹肚
Fuding 帶身
Matsu 有囝
Southern Min Xiamen 有身, 帶身, 帶膭, 大肚胿, 大腹肚, 大肚
Xiamen (Tong'an) 有身
Quanzhou 有身, 帶身, 大肚胿, 大腹肚, 大肚
Jinjiang 帶身, 帶腹肚
Anxi 有身
Yongchun 捾腹肚
Zhangzhou 有身, 帶身, 大肚胿, 大腹肚, 大肚, 有囡仔
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 有身
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 有囡仔, 有好事
Pinghe 有身
Zhangpu 有身
Dongshan 有囡仔
Taipei 有身
New Taipei (Sanxia) 有身
Kaohsiung 大腹肚, 有身
Yilan 大腹肚, 有身, 有囡仔
Changhua (Lukang) 有身, 大腹肚
Taichung 有身, 大腹肚, 有胎
Taichung (Wuqi) 有身
Tainan 大腹肚, 有身
Taitung 有身
Hsinchu 有身, 大腹肚
Kinmen 有身
Penghu (Magong) 有身
Penang (Hokkien) 有身
Singapore (Hokkien) 帶身, 有身
Manila (Hokkien) 帶身, 有身
Medan (Hokkien) 帶身
Zhangping (Yongfu) 有嬰仔
Datian 病囝
Shantou 有阿孥, 有身份
Shantou (Chenghai) 有阿孥, 有身份
Jieyang 有阿孥, 有身份, 有囝, 捾囝
Haifeng 病囝
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 有身
Leizhou 捾囝儂, 捾囝, 捾儂
Wenchang 捾囝, 病囝
Haikou 捾囝
Puxian Min Putian 大腹肚
Xianyou 大腹肚
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 大肚
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 有身, 有身子, 馱身, 有喜
Shehua Fu'an 大肚屎
Fuding 大身
Luoyuan 大肚屎
Shunchang 大肚屎
Guixi (Zhangping) 大肚
Cangnan 大身
Jingning 大肚屎
Lishui 大肚屎
Longyou 大肚屎
Chaozhou 肚大
Fengshun 大肚屎
Wu Shanghai 懷孕, 有喜, 拖身體, 大肚皮, 有身孕
Shanghai (Chongming) 有小囡, 鐾小囡
Suzhou 拖身體, 大肚皮, 有喜
Danyang 擔身體, 有則養, 肚皮大
Hangzhou 害喜得唻, 有喜
Ningbo 有生, 有身, 有喜
Wenzhou 拖大肚, 拖身體
Jinhua 有了, 有小箇, 有王男, 有身蟣
Xiang Changsha 擓肚, 擓毛毛, 馱肚, 馱毛毛, 懷肚
Loudi 上身, 懷肚, 馱肚, 馱毛毛

Noun

妊娠

  1. gestation; pregnancy
    高危妊娠  ―  gāowēi rènshēn  ―  high-risk pregnancy

Usage notes

  • This is a medical term. The more common term is 懷孕／怀孕 (huáiyùn).

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妊娠):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妊 娠
にん
Grade: S 		しん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

The "Nintendo fanboy" sense is from a shortening of 任天堂(にんてんどう)信者(しんじゃ) (nintendō shinja, “Nintendo believer”), written with the kanji for "pregnancy" to carry an infantile nuance.

Pronunciation

Noun

妊(にん)娠(しん) • (ninshin) 

  1. pregnancy, conception
  2. (slang, derogatory, video games) a Nintendo fanboy, Nintendrone
    Synonym: 任豚

Verb

妊(にん)娠(しん)する • (ninshin suru) intransitive suru (stem 妊(にん)娠(しん)し (ninshin shi), past 妊(にん)娠(しん)した (ninshin shita))

  1. conceive (to become pregnant)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "妊娠する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 妊娠し にんしんし ninshin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 妊娠し にんしんし ninshin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 妊娠する にんしんする ninshin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 妊娠する にんしんする ninshin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 妊娠すれ にんしんすれ ninshin sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 妊娠せよ¹
妊娠しろ² 		にんしんせよ¹
にんしんしろ² 		ninshin seyo¹
ninshin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 妊娠される にんしんされる ninshin sareru
Causative 妊娠させる
妊娠さす 		にんしんさせる
にんしんさす 		ninshin saseru
ninshin sasu
Potential 妊娠できる にんしんできる ninshin dekiru
Volitional 妊娠しよう にんしんしよう ninshin shiyō
Negative 妊娠しない にんしんしない ninshin shinai
Negative continuative 妊娠せず にんしんせず ninshin sezu
Formal 妊娠します にんしんします ninshin shimasu
Perfective 妊娠した にんしんした ninshin shita
Conjunctive 妊娠して にんしんして ninshin shite
Hypothetical conditional 妊娠すれば にんしんすれば ninshin sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Brian Ashcraft (2013 July 12) “Why Nintendo Fans Are Called “Pigs” (and Other Things) in Japan”, in Kotaku‎, retrieved July 6, 2021
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
妊娠

Noun

妊娠 • (imsin) (hangeul 임신)

  1. Hanja form? of 임신 (“pregnancy”).
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