寄生

寄生

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ sang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-sên
• Min Nan (POJ): kì-seng / kì-sng / kià-seng / kià-sng / kià-seⁿ / kià-siⁿ / kiàⁿ-siⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: jìshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihsheng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ sang¹
    • Yale: gei sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ seng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ sen¹
    • IPA: /ki⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-seng
    • Tâi-lô: kì-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiesefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²¹⁻⁴¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki¹¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (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 ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (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 ɕĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàⁿ-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kiànn-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kviarsvy

Verb

寄生

1. to live as a parasite; to be parasitic
2. (figuratively) to live off of others; to live by taking advantage of others

Noun

寄生

1. (ecology) parasitism
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hermit crab

Synonyms

• 寄居蟹 (jìjūxiè)
• 寄生蟹 (jìshēngxiè)
• (Min Nan) 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

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) きせー [kìséé] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [kʲi̥se̞ː]

Noun

寄生 (hiragana きせい, rōmaji kisei)

1. (ecology) parasitism

Verb

寄生する (intransitive, hiragana きせいする, rōmaji kisei suru)

1. (ecology) to be parasitic

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	寄生し	きせいし	kisei shi
Continuative (連用形)	寄生し	きせいし	kisei shi
Terminal (終止形)	寄生する	きせいする	kisei suru
Attributive (連体形)	寄生する	きせいする	kisei suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	寄生すれ	きせいすれ	kisei sure
Imperative (命令形)	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