精子
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精子 (seishi): a sperm cell fertilizing an egg cell.
Chinese
energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient |
child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (精子) | 精 | 子 | |
| simp. #(精子) | 精 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zing1 zi2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1cin-tsy
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jin1 zr
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄗˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jingzǐh
- Wade–Giles: ching1-tzŭ3
- Yale: jīng-dž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingtzyy
- Palladius: цзинцзы (czinczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zing1 zi2
- Yale: jīng jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing1 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: jing1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: jin1 zr
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin³³ t͡sz̩³/
- (Changsha)
Noun
精子
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 精液 (“semen”)
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 精 | 子 |
| せい Grade: 5 |
し Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
May be from Chinese 精子 (jīngzǐ).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (biology, cytology) a spermatozoon, a sperm cell
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 精 | 子 |
Noun
精子 • (jeongja or McCune-Reischauer: chŏngsa or Yale: cengsa) (hangeul 정자)
- hanja form? of 정자 (“sperm cell”)