繁殖

Chinese

		complicated; many; in great numbers	grow; reproduce
trad. (繁殖)		繁	殖
simp. #(繁殖)		繁	殖
alternative forms		蕃殖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ zik⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fàn-chhṳ̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân-si̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fánzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: fan²-chih²
    • Yale: fán-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnjyr
    • Palladius: фаньчжи (fanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁴ zik⁶
    • Yale: fàahn jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fàn-chhṳ̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: fanˇ ciid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan² cid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹ t͡sʰɨt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: huân-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoansit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴⁻²² sit̚²⁴/

Verb

繁殖

1. to breed; to reproduce; to propagate; to multiply

Synonyms

• 乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 增生 (zēngshēng)
• 滋生 (zīshēng)
• 生息 (shēngxī)
• 生殖 (shēngzhí)
• 繁育 (fányù)
• 繁衍 (fányǎn)

 

Related terms

• 培育 (péiyù)
• 生長／生长 (shēngzhǎng)
• 養殖／养殖 (yǎngzhí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
繁	殖
はん Grade: S	しょく Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spellings
繁殖 (kyūjitai) 蕃殖

Etymology

繁 is a daiyōji replacing 蕃.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんしょく [hàńshókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

繁(はん)殖(しょく) • (hanshoku) ^{←はんしよく (fansyoku)?}

1. breeding, propagation

Derived terms

• 繁(はん)殖(しょく)期(き) (hanshokuki)

Verb

繁(はん)殖(しょく)する • (hanshoku suru) ^{←はんしよく (fansyoku)?}intransitive suru (stem 繁(はん)殖(しょく)し (hanshoku shi), past 繁(はん)殖(しょく)した (hanshoku shita))

1. to breed, to propagate, to multiply

Conjugation

Conjugation of "繁殖する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	繁殖し	はんしょくし	hanshoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	繁殖し	はんしょくし	hanshoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	繁殖する	はんしょくする	hanshoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	繁殖する	はんしょくする	hanshoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	繁殖すれ	はんしょくすれ	hanshoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	繁殖せよ¹ 繁殖しろ²	はんしょくせよ¹ はんしょくしろ²	hanshoku seyo¹ hanshoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	繁殖される	はんしょくされる	hanshoku sareru
Causative	繁殖させる 繁殖さす	はんしょくさせる はんしょくさす	hanshoku saseru hanshoku sasu
Potential	繁殖できる	はんしょくできる	hanshoku dekiru
Volitional	繁殖しよう	はんしょくしよう	hanshoku shiyō
Negative	繁殖しない	はんしょくしない	hanshoku shinai
Negative continuative	繁殖せず	はんしょくせず	hanshoku sezu
Formal	繁殖します	はんしょくします	hanshoku shimasu
Perfective	繁殖した	はんしょくした	hanshoku shita
Conjunctive	繁殖して	はんしょくして	hanshoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	繁殖すれば	はんしょくすれば	hanshoku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

See also

• Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/繁殖

Korean

Hanja in this term
繁	殖

Noun

繁殖 • (beonsik) (hangeul 번식)

1. Hanja form^? of 번식.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
繁	殖

Adjective

繁殖

1. chữ Hán form of phồn thực (“buxom; busty”).

Verb

繁殖

1. chữ Hán form of phồn thực (“to reproduce; to breed”).