性交

Chinese

		sex; nature; surname sex; nature; surname; suffix corresponding to -ness or -ity	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
simp. and trad. (性交)		性	交

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ gaau¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): sin-kâu
• Min Nan (POJ): sèng-kau
• Wu (WT Romanisation): xin kau (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xìngjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqjiau
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ gaau¹
    • Yale: sing gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ gaau¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ kɑːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-kâu
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ɕin⁵⁵ ka̯u²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-kau
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangkaw
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁴¹ kaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kaʊ³⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: xin kau (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɪɲ³³ kɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

性交

1. sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation

Verb

性交

1. to have sex

Synonyms

• 做愛／做爱
• 行房

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
性	交
せい Grade: 5	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

/seikau/ → /seikɔː/ → /seːkoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 性交 ‎(sjeng^H kæw, literally “sex + cross”). Compare modern Hakka sin-kâu or Cantonese sing³ gaau¹.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) せいこう [sèékóó] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

性交 ‎(hiragana せいこう, romaji seikō, historical hiragana せいかう)

1. sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation

Usage notes

This term is more formal and clinical than the everyday term セックス ‎(sekkusu).

Verb

性交する ‎(hiragana せいこうする, romaji seikō suru, historical hiragana せいかうする)

1. to have sex, to copulate

Usage notes

This term is more formal and clinical than the everyday term セックス ‎(sekkusu).

Conjugation

Conjugation of "性交する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	性交し	せいこうし	seikō shi
Continuative (連用形)	性交し	せいこうし	seikō shi
Terminal (終止形)	性交する	せいこうする	seikō suru
Attributive (連体形)	性交する	せいこうする	seikō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	性交すれ	せいこうすれ	seikō sure
Imperative (命令形)	性交せよ¹ 性交しろ²	せいこうせよ¹ せいこうしろ²	seikō seyo¹ seikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	性交される	せいこうされる	seikō sareru
Causative	性交させる 性交さす	せいこうさせる せいこうさす	seikō saseru seikō sasu
Potential	性交できる	せいこうできる	seikō dekiru
Volitional	性交しよう	せいこうしよう	seikō shiyō
Negative	性交しない	せいこうしない	seikō shinai
Negative continuative	性交せず	せいこうせず	seikō sezu
Formal	性交します	せいこうします	seikō shimasu
Perfective	性交した	せいこうした	seikō shita
Conjunctive	性交して	せいこうして	seikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	性交すれば	せいこうすれば	seikō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

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Korean

Hanja in this word
性	交

Noun

性交 • ‎(seonggyo) ‎(hangeul 성교)

1. Hanja form^? of 성교, “sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation”.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
性	交

Noun

性交

1. Hán tự form of tính giao, "sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation"