寄生

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Chinese

		lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (寄生)		寄	生

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ sang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-sên
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kì-seng / kì-sng / kià-seng / kià-sng / kià-seⁿ / kià-siⁿ / kiàⁿ-siⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): gia³ sên¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìsheng
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shêng¹
  - Yale: jì-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihsheng
  - Palladius: цзишэн (czišɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    寄生
    計生／计生
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei³ sang¹
  - Yale: gei sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi³ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi sen^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-seng
  - Tâi-lô: kì-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiesefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-sng
  - Tâi-lô: kì-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiesngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-seng
  - Tâi-lô: kià-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiarsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kia²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-sng
  - Tâi-lô: kià-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiarsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-seⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kià-senn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiarsvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kia²¹⁻⁴¹ sẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kia²¹⁻⁵³ sɛ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kià-sinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiarsvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /kia¹¹⁻⁵³ sĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàⁿ-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kiànn-sinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kviarsvy
  - IPA (Lukang): /kiã³¹⁻⁵³ sĩ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gia³ sên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kià seⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sẽ³³/

Verb

寄生

to live as a parasite; to be parasitic
(figurative) to live off others; to live by taking advantage of others

Noun

寄生

(ecology) parasitism
(Taiwanese Hokkien) hermit crab

Synonyms

寄居蟹 (jìjūxiè)
寄生蟹 (jìshēngxiè)
螖蠌／螖𰲵
(Hokkien) 寄生仔, 寄仔生, 漿寄生／浆寄生, 螺仔鬼, 哈螺

Derived terms

寄生仔
寄生物 (jìshēngwù)
寄生蟲／寄生虫 (jìshēngchóng)
寄生蟹 (jìshēngxiè)
漿寄生／浆寄生

Japanese

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寄生

Kanji in this term
寄	生
き Grade: 5	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きせー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

寄(き)生(せい) • (kisei)

(ecology) parasitism

Verb

寄(き)生(せい)する • (kisei suru) intransitive suru (stem 寄(き)生(せい)し (kisei shi), past 寄(き)生(せい)した (kisei shita))

(ecology) to be parasitic

Conjugation

Conjugation of "寄生する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	寄生し	きせいし	kisei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	寄生し	きせいし	kisei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	寄生する	きせいする	kisei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	寄生する	きせいする	kisei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	寄生すれ	きせいすれ	kisei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	寄生せよ¹ 寄生しろ²	きせいせよ¹ きせいしろ²	kisei seyo¹ kisei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	寄生される	きせいされる	kisei sareru
Causative	寄生させる寄生さす	きせいさせるきせいさす	kisei saseru kisei sasu
Potential	寄生できる	きせいできる	kisei dekiru
Volitional	寄生しよう	きせいしよう	kisei shiyō
Negative	寄生しない	きせいしない	kisei shinai
Negative continuative	寄生せず	きせいせず	kisei sezu
Formal	寄生します	きせいします	kisei shimasu
Perfective	寄生した	きせいした	kisei shita
Conjunctive	寄生して	きせいして	kisei shite
Hypothetical conditional	寄生すれば	きせいすれば	kisei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
寄	生

Noun

寄生 • (gisaeng) (hangeul 기생)

hanja form^? of 기생 (“parasitism”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
寄	生

Verb

寄生

chữ Hán form of kí sinh (“to be parasitic”).

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