性交

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Chinese

sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
 
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
simp. and trad.
(性交) 		性 交
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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

性交

  1. to have sex; to have sexual intercourse

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
性 交
せい
Grade: 5 		こう
Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

/seikau/ → /seikɔː/ → /seːkoː/

Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 性交 (sjengH kæw, literally “sex + cross”). Compare modern Hakka sin-kâu or Cantonese sing3 gaau1.

First cited to a text from 1912.

Pronunciation

Noun

性(せい)交(こう) • (seikō) ←せいかう (seikau)?

  1. sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation

Usage notes

This term is more formal and clinical than the everyday term セックス (sekkusu).

Derived terms

Verb

性(せい)交(こう)する • (seikō suru) ←せいかう (seikau)?suru (stem 性(せい)交(こう)し (seikō shi), past 性(せい)交(こう)した (seikō shita))

  1. to have sex, to copulate
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:性交する

Usage notes

This term is more formal and clinical than the everyday term セックス (sekkusu).

Conjugation

Conjugation of "性交する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 性交し せいこうし seikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 性交し せいこうし seikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 性交する せいこうする seikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 性交する せいこうする seikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 性交すれ せいこうすれ seikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 性交せよ¹
性交しろ² 		せいこうせよ¹
せいこうしろ² 		seikō seyo¹
seikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 性交される せいこうされる seikō sareru
Causative 性交させる
性交さす 		せいこうさせる
せいこうさす 		seikō saseru
seikō sasu
Potential 性交できる せいこうできる seikō dekiru
Volitional 性交しよう せいこうしよう seikō shiyō
Negative 性交しない せいこうしない seikō shinai
Negative continuative 性交せず せいこうせず seikō sezu
Formal 性交します せいこうします seikō shimasu
Perfective 性交した せいこうした seikō shita
Conjunctive 性交して せいこうして seikō shite
Hypothetical conditional 性交すれば せいこうすれば seikō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
性交

Noun

性交 • (seonggyo) (hangeul 성교)

  1. Hanja form? of 성교 (“sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
性交

Noun

性交

  1. chữ Hán form of tính giao (“sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation”).
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