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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kì-seng / kì-sng / kià-seng / kià-sng / kià-seⁿ / kià-siⁿ / kiàⁿ-siⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìsheng
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: jì-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihsheng
    • Palladius: цзишэн (czišɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ sang¹
    • Yale: gei sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-seng
    • Tâi-lô: kì-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiesefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (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 siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (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 sĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàⁿ-siⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kiànn-sinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kviarsvy
    • IPA (Lukang): /kiã³¹⁻⁵³ sĩ³³/

Verb

寄生

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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 寄生

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

Synonyms

• 寄居蟹 (jìjūxiè)
• 寄生蟹 (jìshēngxiè)
• 螖蠌／螖𰲵
• (Min Nan) 寄生仔, 寄仔生, 漿寄生／浆寄生, 螺仔鬼, 哈螺

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Japanese

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

Noun

寄(き)生(せい) • (kisei) 

1. (ecology) parasitism

Verb

寄(き)生(せい)する • (kisei suru) intransitive suru (stem 寄(き)生(せい)し (kisei shi), past 寄(き)生(せい)した (kisei shita))

1. (ecology) to be parasitic

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	寄生し	きせいし	kisei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	寄生し	きせいし	kisei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	寄生する	きせいする	kisei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	寄生する	きせいする	kisei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	寄生すれ	きせいすれ	kisei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
寄	生

Noun

1. Hanja form^? of 기생 (“parasitism”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
寄	生

Verb

寄生

1. chữ Hán form of kí sinh (“to be parasitic”).