勃起

勃起

Chinese

		flourishing; prosperous; suddenly flourishing; prosperous; suddenly; abruptly	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (勃起)		勃	起
simp. #(勃起)		勃	起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bóqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): but⁶ hei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóqǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bócǐ
    • Wade–Giles: po²-chʻi³
    • Yale: bwó-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borchii
    • Palladius: боци (boci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: but⁶ hei²
    • Yale: buht héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: but⁹ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bud⁶ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːt̚² hei̯³⁵/

Verb

勃起

1. (physiology) to have an erection; to be erect
2. (now uncommon) to rise vigorously; to spring up

Synonyms

• (to rise vigorously): 興起／兴起 (xīngqǐ)
• (to have an erection):

Dialectal synonyms of 勃起 (“to have an erection”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		勃起
Mandarin	Taiwan	勃起
	Chengdu	雄起
	Malaysia	硬
	Singapore	硬
Cantonese	Hong Kong	扯旗, 扯, 偷柴
Jin	Xinzhou	起陽兒

Derived terms

勃起功能障礙／勃起功能障碍 (bóqǐ gōngnéng zhàng'ài)

勃起障礙／勃起障碍 (bóqǐ zhàng'ài)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
勃	起
ぼつ > ぼっ Grade: S	き Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) ぼっき [bòkkí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞k̚ʲkʲi]

Noun

勃(ぼっ)起(き) • (bokki) 

1. erection of the penis

   勃起(ぼっき)が収(おさ)まらない

   bokki ga osamaranai

   erection won't subside

Verb

勃(ぼっ)起(き)する • (bokki suru) suru (stem 勃(ぼっ)起(き)し (bokki shi), past 勃(ぼっ)起(き)した (bokki shita))

1. have an erection

Conjugation

Conjugation of "勃起する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	勃起し	ぼっきし	bokki shi
Continuative (連用形)	勃起し	ぼっきし	bokki shi
Terminal (終止形)	勃起する	ぼっきする	bokki suru
Attributive (連体形)	勃起する	ぼっきする	bokki suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	勃起すれ	ぼっきすれ	bokki sure
Imperative (命令形)	勃起せよ¹ 勃起しろ²	ぼっきせよ¹ ぼっきしろ²	bokki seyo¹ bokki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	勃起される	ぼっきされる	bokki sareru
Causative	勃起させる 勃起さす	ぼっきさせる ぼっきさす	bokki saseru bokki sasu
Potential	勃起できる	ぼっきできる	bokki dekiru
Volitional	勃起しよう	ぼっきしよう	bokki shiyō
Negative	勃起しない	ぼっきしない	bokki shinai
Negative continuative	勃起せず	ぼっきせず	bokki sezu
Formal	勃起します	ぼっきします	bokki shimasu
Perfective	勃起した	ぼっきした	bokki shita
Conjunctive	勃起して	ぼっきして	bokki shite
Hypothetical conditional	勃起すれば	ぼっきすれば	bokki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 勃(た)つ (tatsu)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
勃	起

Noun

勃起 • (balgi) (hangeul 발기)

1. Hanja form^? of 발기 (“erection of the penis”).