寄生

Chinese

		lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (寄生)		寄	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ sang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-sên
Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): gyor⁴ seng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kì-seng / kì-sng / kià-seng / kià-sng / kià-seⁿ / kià-siⁿ / kiàⁿ-siⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): gia³ sên¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìsheng
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴-shêng¹
  - Yale: jì-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihsheng
  - Palladius: цзишэн (czišɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    寄生
    計生 / 计生
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei³ sang¹
  - Yale: gei sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi³ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi sen^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gyor⁴ seng¹ [Phonetic: gyor¹ leng¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gio̤̍-seng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyɒ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(ɬ-)lɛŋ⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-seng
  - Tâi-lô: kì-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiesefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-sng
  - Tâi-lô: kì-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiesngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-seng
  - Tâi-lô: kià-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiarsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kia²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-sng
  - Tâi-lô: kià-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiarsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-seⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kià-senn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiarsvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kia²¹⁻⁴¹ sẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kia²¹⁻⁵³ sɛ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kià-sinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiarsvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /kia¹¹⁻⁵³ sĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàⁿ-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kiànn-sinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kviarsvy
  - IPA (Lukang): /kiã³¹⁻⁵³ sĩ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gia³ sên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kià seⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sẽ³³/

Verb

寄生

to live as a parasite; to be parasitic
(figurative) to live off others; to live by taking advantage of others

Noun

寄生

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 寄居蟹 (“hermit crab”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		寄居蟹, 寄居蝦
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	寄居蟹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	寄居蟹, 寄生蟹
Hakka	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	石螺仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	痟查某仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	寄居蟹
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	搭生
Southern Min	Zhao'an	寄生仔
	Taipei	寄生
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	寄生仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	寄生仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	寄生仔
	Kaohsiung	寄生仔, 哈螺
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	寄生仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	雷公螺
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	蟧蜈蟳仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	寄生仔
	Yilan	漿寄生
	Yilan (Luodong)	漿寄生仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	寄生仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	寄生
	Changhua (Yongjing)	寄生仔
	Tainan	寄生仔, 螺仔鬼
	Tainan (Anping)	寄生
	Hsinchu	寄生仔
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	寄生
	Kinmen	寄仔生, 寄生
	Penghu (Magong)	寄生
	Penghu (Xiyu)	寄生
Puxian Min	Putian	寄生
Wu	Wenzhou	蟹螺

Derived terms

寄生仔
寄生物 (jìshēngwù)
寄生蟲 / 寄生虫 (jìshēngchóng)
寄生蟹 (jìshēngxiè)
漿寄生 / 浆寄生

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寄	生
き Grade: 5	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きせー [kìséé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [kʲi̥se̞ː]

Noun

寄(き)生(せい) • (kisei)

(ecology) parasitism

Verb

寄(き)生(せい)する • (kisei suru) intransitive suru (stem 寄(き)生(せい)し (kisei shi), past 寄(き)生(せい)した (kisei shita))

(ecology) to be parasitic

Conjugation

Conjugation of "寄生する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	寄生し	きせいし	kisei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	寄生し	きせいし	kisei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	寄生する	きせいする	kisei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	寄生する	きせいする	kisei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	寄生すれ	きせいすれ	kisei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	寄生せよ¹ 寄生しろ²	きせいせよ¹ きせいしろ²	kisei seyo¹ kisei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	寄生される	きせいされる	kisei sareru
Causative	寄生させる寄生さす	きせいさせるきせいさす	kisei saseru kisei sasu
Potential	寄生できる	きせいできる	kisei dekiru
Volitional	寄生しよう	きせいしよう	kisei shiyō
Negative	寄生しない	きせいしない	kisei shinai
Negative continuative	寄生せず	きせいせず	kisei sezu
Formal	寄生します	きせいします	kisei shimasu
Perfective	寄生した	きせいした	kisei shita
Conjunctive	寄生して	きせいして	kisei shite
Hypothetical conditional	寄生すれば	きせいすれば	kisei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
寄	生

Noun

寄生 • (gisaeng) (hangeul 기생)

hanja form^? of 기생 (“parasitism”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
寄	生

Verb

寄生

chữ Hán form of kí sinh (“to be parasitic”)