接吻

接吻

Chinese

		to extend; to connect; to receive to extend; to connect; to receive; to join	kiss; mouth
simp. and trad. (接吻)		接	吻

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 接 (せっ)吻 (ぷん) (seppun).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiēwěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zip³ man⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): chiap-bún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiēwěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄨㄣˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiewoen
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ u̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zip³ man⁵
    • Yale: jip máhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzip⁸ man⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: jib³ men⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːp̚³ mɐn¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiap-bún
    • Tâi-lô: tsiap-bún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciapbuon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁴ bun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁵ bun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁴ bun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiap̚³²⁻⁴ bun⁴¹/

Verb

接吻

1. to kiss (each other)

Synonyms

• 親嘴／亲嘴 (qīnzuǐ)
• (Min Nan) 相唚／相吣, 唚喙／吣喙

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
接	吻
せつ > せっ Grade: 5	ふん > ぷん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) せっぷん [sèppúń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [se̞p̚pɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

接吻 (hiragana せっぷん, rōmaji seppun)

1. kiss

Verb

接吻する (hiragana せっぷんする, rōmaji seppun suru)

1. kiss

Conjugation

Conjugation of "接吻する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	接吻し	せっぷんし	seppun shi
Continuative (連用形)	接吻し	せっぷんし	seppun shi
Terminal (終止形)	接吻する	せっぷんする	seppun suru
Attributive (連体形)	接吻する	せっぷんする	seppun suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	接吻すれ	せっぷんすれ	seppun sure
Imperative (命令形)	接吻せよ¹ 接吻しろ²	せっぷんせよ¹ せっぷんしろ²	seppun seyo¹ seppun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	接吻される	せっぷんされる	seppun sareru
Causative	接吻させる 接吻さす	せっぷんさせる せっぷんさす	seppun saseru seppun sasu
Potential	接吻できる	せっぷんできる	seppun dekiru
Volitional	接吻しよう	せっぷんしよう	seppun shiyō
Negative	接吻しない	せっぷんしない	seppun shinai
Negative continuative	接吻せず	せっぷんせず	seppun sezu
Formal	接吻します	せっぷんします	seppun shimasu
Perfective	接吻した	せっぷんした	seppun shita
Conjunctive	接吻して	せっぷんして	seppun shite
Hypothetical conditional	接吻すれば	せっぷんすれば	seppun sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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