妊娠
Chinese
| be pregnant | pregnant | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (妊娠) | 妊 | 娠 | |
| simp. #(妊娠) | 妊 | 娠 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jam6 san1 / jam4 san1 / jam6 zan3
- Eastern Min (BUC): êng-sĭng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): līm-sin / jīm-sin
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: rènshēn
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄕㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rènshen
- Wade–Giles: jên4-shên1
- Yale: rèn-shēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rennshen
- Palladius: жэньшэнь (žɛnʹšɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, nonstandard variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: rènchén
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄔㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: rènchén
- Wade–Giles: jên4-chʻên2
- Yale: rèn-chén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rennchern
- Palladius: жэньчэнь (žɛnʹčɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jam6 san1 / jam4 san1 / jam6 zan3
- Yale: yahm sān / yàhm sān / yahm jan
- Cantonese Pinyin: jam6 san1 / jam4 san1 / jam6 dzan3
- Guangdong Romanization: yem6 sen1 / yem4 sen1 / yem6 zen3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐm²² sɐn⁵⁵/, /jɐm²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/, /jɐm²² t͡sɐn³³/
- Homophones:
壬申
妊娠
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līm-sin
- Tâi-lô: līm-sin
- Phofsit Daibuun: lixmsyn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lim⁴¹⁻²² sin³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /lim²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /lim³³⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīm-sin
- Tâi-lô: jīm-sin
- Phofsit Daibuun: jixmsyn
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /zim³³⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zim²²⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
- Middle Chinese: nyimH syin|tsyinH
Verb
妊娠
Usage notes
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 懷孕 (“to be pregnant”) [map]
Noun
妊娠
Usage notes
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 妊 | 娠 |
| にん Grade: S |
しん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
The "Nintendo fanboy" sense is from a shortening of 任天堂信者 (nintendō shinja, “Nintendo believer”), written with the kanji for "pregnancy" to carry an infantile nuance.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
妊娠 • (ninshin)
- pregnancy, conception
- (slang, derogatory, video games) a Nintendo fanboy, Nintendrone
- Synonym: 任豚
Verb
妊娠する • (ninshin suru) intransitive suru (stem 妊娠し (ninshin shi), past 妊娠した (ninshin shita))
- conceive (to become pregnant)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "妊娠する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 妊娠し | にんしんし | ninshin shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 妊娠し | にんしんし | ninshin shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 妊娠する | にんしんする | ninshin suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 妊娠する | にんしんする | ninshin suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 妊娠すれ | にんしんすれ | ninshin sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 妊娠せよ¹ 妊娠しろ² |
にんしんせよ¹ にんしんしろ² |
ninshin seyo¹ ninshin shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 妊娠される | にんしんされる | ninshin sareru | |
| Causative | 妊娠させる 妊娠さす |
にんしんさせる にんしんさす |
ninshin saseru ninshin sasu | |
| Potential | 妊娠できる | にんしんできる | ninshin dekiru | |
| Volitional | 妊娠しよう | にんしんしよう | ninshin shiyō | |
| Negative | 妊娠しない | にんしんしない | ninshin shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 妊娠せず | にんしんせず | ninshin sezu | |
| Formal | 妊娠します | にんしんします | ninshin shimasu | |
| Perfective | 妊娠した | にんしんした | ninshin shita | |
| Conjunctive | 妊娠して | にんしんして | ninshin shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 妊娠すれば | にんしんすれば | ninshin sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Related terms
- 想像妊娠
- 妊娠期間
- 妊娠検査
- 妊娠中毒
References
- ^ Brian Ashcraft (12 July 2013) “Why Nintendo Fans Are Called “Pigs” (and Other Things) in Japan”, in Kotaku[1], retrieved 6 July 2021
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 妊 | 娠 |
Noun
妊娠 • (imsin) (hangeul 임신)