精子

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (精子)		精	子
simp. #(精子)		精	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ zi²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-chú / cheng-chír

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ ze²

• Wu (Wiktionary): jin tsr (T1)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): jin¹ zr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīngzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄗˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingtzyy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: ching1-tzŭ3
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ zi²
    • Yale: jīng jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chír
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹ ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng tsṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jin tsr (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɪɲ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jin¹ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin³³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

精子

1. (cytology) sperm cell; spermatozoon
2. (proscribed) semen

Synonyms

• (sperm cell): 精蟲／精虫 (jīngchóng)
• (semen):

Dialectal synonyms of 精液 (“semen”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		精
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		精液
Mandarin	Beijing	㞞
	Taiwan	精液, 洨, 精
	Harbin	㞞, 雞巴湯兒
	Muping	㞞, 精
	Jinan	㞞
	Luoyang	㞞
	Wanrong	㞞
	Xi'an	㞞
	Yinchuan	㞞
	Lanzhou	㞞
	Xining	㞞
	Ürümqi	㞞
	Wuhan	漿
	Chengdu	精水, 精液, 頭兒油, 化豬油, 豬油
	Guiyang	精水
	Liuzhou	精水
	Xuzhou	㞞
	Yangzhou	㞞
	Nanjing	㞞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𨳍水
	Hong Kong	精液, 精
	Dongguan	精液
	Shaoguan	精水
	Nanning	𨳍水, 炮油
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	精液
Gan	Lichuan	精
Hakka	Meixian	𡳞屎
	Yudu	卵屎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𡳞屎
	Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)	𡳞屎
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)	𡳞屎
	Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)	𡳞屎
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)	𡳞屎
	Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)	漦
	Hong Kong	𡳞屎
	Senai (Huiyang)	𡳞屎
Huizhou	Jixi	㞞, 鳥漿
	Shexian	㞞
	Tunxi	精, 㞞
Jin	Taiyuan	精液
	Pingyao	㞞
	Xinzhou	㞞, 㞞糊子
Min Dong	Fuzhou	精
Min Nan	Xiamen	潲
	Quanzhou	潲
	Zhangzhou	潲
	Taipei	潲
	Kaohsiung	潲
	Yilan	潲
	Changhua (Lukang)	潲
	Taichung	潲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	潲
	Tainan	潲, 精水
	Taitung	精
	Hsinchu	潲
	Penghu (Magong)	潲
	Penang (Hokkien)	潲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	潲
	Manila (Hokkien)	潲
	Chaozhou	潲
	Jieyang	潲
	Haifeng	潲
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	精
	Wenchang	精
	Haikou	精
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	精, 𨳍水
Wu	Shanghai	精, 白脫油, 白脫
	Shanghai (Chongming)	㞞
	Suzhou	精
	Danyang	㞞
	Hangzhou	㞞, 陽水
	Ningbo	卵漿, 漿水
	Wenzhou	頹漿
	Jinhua	㞞
Xiang	Changsha	卵漿, 精子
	Loudi	卵水, 水, 漿, 烏龜尿

Derived terms

• 精子庫／精子库 (jīngzǐkù)

• 精子數／精子数 (jīngzǐshù)

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Japanese

精子 (seishi): a sperm cell fertilizing an egg cell.

Kanji in this term
精	子
せい Grade: 5	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

May be from Chinese 精子.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) せ​ーし [séꜜèshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕi]

Noun

精(せい)子(し) • (seishi) 

1. (biology, cytology) a spermatozoon, a sperm cell

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Korean

Hanja in this term
精	子

Noun

精子 • (jeongja or McCune-Reischauer: chŏngsa or Yale: cengsa) (hangeul 정자)

1. Hanja form^? of 정자 (“sperm cell”).