生殖

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Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	grow; reproduce
trad. (生殖)		生	殖
simp. ^#(生殖)		生	殖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngzhí

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄓˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ zik⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): seⁿ-si̍t / siⁿ-si̍t / seng-si̍t / sng-si̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ sêg⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzhí
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄓˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengjhíh
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chih²
  - Yale: shēng-jŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengjyr
  - Palladius: шэнчжи (šɛnčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    升職
    生殖
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ zik⁶
  - Yale: sāng jihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ dzik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ jig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seⁿ-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: senn-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svesit
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ sit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svisit
  - IPA (Taipei): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ sit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sing-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengsit
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-si̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sng-si̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngsit
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ sit̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên¹ sêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ sek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ sek̚²/

Verb

生殖

to breed; to reproduce; to propagate; to multiply

Synonyms

乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
增生 (zēngshēng)
滋生 (zīshēng)
生息 (shēngxī)
繁殖 (fánzhí)
繁育 (fányù)
繁衍 (fányǎn)

Derived terms

兩性生殖 / 两性生殖
出芽生殖
分裂生殖
外生殖器 (wàishēngzhíqì)
孤雌生殖 (gūcí shēngzhí)
接合生殖
有性生殖 (yǒuxìng shēngzhí)
無性生殖 / 无性生殖 (wúxìng shēngzhí)
無配生殖 / 无配生殖
生殖器 (shēngzhíqì)
生殖器官 (shēngzhí qìguān)
生殖權利 / 生殖权利 (shēngzhí quánlì)
生殖系統 / 生殖系统 (shēngzhí xìtǒng)
生殖細胞 / 生殖细胞 (shēngzhí xìbāo)
生殖腺 (shēngzhíxiàn)
生殖隔離 / 生殖隔离 (shēngzhí gélí)
異配生殖 / 异配生殖
裂片生殖

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (生殖):

→ Japanese: 生(せい)殖(しょく) (seishoku)
→ Korean: 생식(生殖) (saengsik)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	殖
せい Grade: 1	しょく Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

生(せい)殖(しょく) • (seishoku)

reproduction, procreation

Verb

生(せい)殖(しょく)する • (seishoku suru) suru (stem 生(せい)殖(しょく)し (seishoku shi), past 生(せい)殖(しょく)した (seishoku shita))

to reproduce, to procreate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "生殖する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	生殖し	せいしょくし	seishoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	生殖し	せいしょくし	seishoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	生殖する	せいしょくする	seishoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	生殖する	せいしょくする	seishoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	生殖すれ	せいしょくすれ	seishoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	生殖せよ¹ 生殖しろ²	せいしょくせよ¹ せいしょくしろ²	seishoku seyo¹ seishoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	生殖される	せいしょくされる	seishoku sareru
Causative	生殖させる生殖さす	せいしょくさせるせいしょくさす	seishoku saseru seishoku sasu
Potential	生殖できる	せいしょくできる	seishoku dekiru
Volitional	生殖しよう	せいしょくしよう	seishoku shiyō
Negative	生殖しない	せいしょくしない	seishoku shinai
Negative continuative	生殖せず	せいしょくせず	seishoku sezu
Formal	生殖します	せいしょくします	seishoku shimasu
Perfective	生殖した	せいしょくした	seishoku shita
Conjunctive	生殖して	せいしょくして	seishoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	生殖すれば	せいしょくすれば	seishoku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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