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妊娠

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Chinese

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be pregnant pregnant
trad. (妊娠)
simp. #(妊娠)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (38) (26) (23)
Final () (139) (43) (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter nyimH syin tsyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪmH/ /ɕiɪn/ /t͡ɕiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵimH/ /ɕin/ /t͡ɕinH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjemH/ /ɕjen/ /t͡ɕjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵimH/ /ɕin/ /cinH/
Li
Rong
/ȵiəmH/ /ɕiĕn/ /t͡ɕiĕnH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕmH/ /ɕĭĕn/ /t͡ɕĭĕnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯əmH/ /ɕi̯ĕn/ /t͡ɕi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rèn shēn zhèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jam6 san1 zan3

Verb

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妊娠

  1. (formal) to gestate; to be pregnant

Usage notes

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  • This is a medical term. The more common term is 懷孕怀孕 (huáiyùn).

Synonyms

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Noun

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妊娠

  1. gestation; pregnancy
    高危妊娠  ―  gāowēi rènshēn  ―  high-risk pregnancy

Usage notes

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  • This is a medical term. The more common term is 懷孕怀孕 (huáiyùn).

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (妊娠):
  • Japanese: (にん)(しん) (ninshin)
  • Korean: 임신(妊娠) (imsin)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: S
しん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

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The "Nintendo fanboy" sense is from a shortening of 任天堂(にんてんどう)信者(しんじゃ) (nintendō shinja, Nintendo fanatic), written with the kanji for "pregnancy" to carry an infantile nuance.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(にん)(しん) (ninshin

  1. pregnancy, conception
  2. (slang, derogatory, video games) a Nintendo fanboy, Nintendrone
    Synonym: 任豚
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Verb

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(にん)(しん)する (ninshin suruintransitive suru (stem (にん)(しん) (ninshin shi), past (にん)(しん)した (ninshin shita))

  1. conceive (to become pregnant)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "妊娠する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 妊娠し にんしんし ninshin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 妊娠し にんしんし ninshin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 妊娠する にんしんする ninshin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 妊娠する にんしんする ninshin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 妊娠すれ にんしんすれ ninshin sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 妊娠せよ¹
妊娠しろ²
にんしんせよ¹
にんしんしろ²
ninshin seyo¹
ninshin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 妊娠される にんしんされる ninshin sareru
Causative 妊娠させる
妊娠さす
にんしんさせる
にんしんさす
ninshin saseru
ninshin sasu
Potential 妊娠できる にんしんできる ninshin dekiru
Volitional 妊娠しよう にんしんしよう ninshin shiyō
Negative 妊娠しない にんしんしない ninshin shinai
Negative continuative 妊娠せず にんしんせず ninshin sezu
Formal 妊娠します にんしんします ninshin shimasu
Perfective 妊娠した にんしんした ninshin shita
Conjunctive 妊娠して にんしんして ninshin shite
Hypothetical conditional 妊娠すれば にんしんすれば ninshin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

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References

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  1. ^ Brian Ashcraft (12 July 2013), “Why Nintendo Fans Are Called “Pigs” (and Other Things) in Japan”, in Kotaku[1], retrieved 6 July 2021
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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妊娠 (imsin) (hangeul 임신)

  1. hanja form? of 임신 (pregnancy)