接吻

Chinese

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 接吻(せっぷん) (seppun).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiēwěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄨㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zip³ man⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiap-bún

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiēwěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄨㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiewǔn
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹-wên³
    • Yale: jyē-wěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiewoen
    • Palladius: цзевэнь (czevɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ wən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zip³ man⁵
    • Yale: jip máhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzip⁸ man⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: jib³ men⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːp̚³ mɐn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiap-bún
    • Tâi-lô: tsiap-bún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciapbuon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siap̚³²⁻⁴ bun⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siap̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siap̚³²⁻⁵ bun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siap̚³²⁻⁴ bun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siap̚³²⁻⁴ bun⁴¹/

Verb

接吻

1. to kiss (each other)
2. to receive kiss

Synonyms

• (colloquial) 親嘴／亲嘴 (qīnzuǐ)
• (Cantonese) 錫／锡 (xī), 惜 (xī), 嘴 (zuǐ)
• (Min Nan) 相唚, 唚喙

See also

• 施吻

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Japanese

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

Noun

接(せっ)吻(ぷん) • (seppun) 

1. kiss

Verb

接(せっ)吻(ぷん)する • (seppun suru) suru (stem 接(せっ)吻(ぷん)し (seppun shi), past 接(せっ)吻(ぷん)した (seppun shita))

1. kiss

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	接吻し	せっぷんし	seppun shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	接吻し	せっぷんし	seppun shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	接吻する	せっぷんする	seppun suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	接吻する	せっぷんする	seppun suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	接吻すれ	せっぷんすれ	seppun sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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