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Definition 2025
生育
生育
Chinese
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
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nourish; to rear | ||
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simp. and trad. (生育) |
生 | 育 | |
Verb
生育
- to give birth; to procreate
Noun
生育
- procreation; birth
- 生育控制 ― shēngyù kòngzhì ― birth control
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 生 | 育 |
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せい Grade: 1 |
いく Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
生育 (hiragana せいいく, romaji seiiku)
Verb
生育する (transitive and intransitive, hiragana せいいくする, romaji seiiku suru)
- to grow
Conjugation
Conjugation of "生育する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 生育し | せいいくし | seiiku shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 生育し | せいいくし | seiiku shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 生育する | せいいくする | seiiku suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 生育する | せいいくする | seiiku suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 生育すれ | せいいくすれ | seiiku sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 生育せよ¹ 生育しろ² |
せいいくせよ¹ せいいくしろ² |
seiiku seyo¹ seiiku shiro² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 生育される | せいいくされる | seiiku sareru | |
| Causative | 生育させる 生育さす |
せいいくさせる せいいくさす |
seiiku saseru seiiku sasu |
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| Potential | 生育できる | せいいくできる | seiiku dekiru | |
| Volitional | 生育しよう | せいいくしよう | seiiku shiyō | |
| Negative | 生育しない | せいいくしない | seiiku shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 生育せず | せいいくせず | seiiku sezu | |
| Formal | 生育します | せいいくします | seiiku shimasu | |
| Perfective | 生育した | せいいくした | seiiku shita | |
| Conjunctive | 生育して | せいいくして | seiiku shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 生育すれば | せいいくすれば | seiiku sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): saang1 juk6, sang1 juk6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sên-yuk
- Min Dong (BUC): sĕng-ṳ̆k
- Min Nan (POJ): seng-io̍k
- Wu (Wiktionary): sen hhioq (T1)
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: saang1 juk6, sang1 juk6
- Yale: sāang yuhk, sāng yuhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: saang1 juk9, sang1 juk9
- IPA (key): /sɑːŋ⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/, /sɐŋ⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-yuk
- Hakka Romanization System: sen´ iug`
- Hagfa Pinyim: sen1 yug5
- IPA: /sen²⁴ i̯uk̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên-yuk
- Hakka Romanization System: sen´ (r)iug`
- Hagfa Pinyim: sen1 yug5
- IPA: /sen²⁴ (j)i̯uk̚²/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕng-ṳ̆k
- IPA (key): /sɛiŋ⁵⁵ (Ø-)ŋyʔ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-io̍k
- Tâi-lô: sing-io̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: seng'iok
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ³³ iɔk̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɔk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: sen hhioq (T1)
- IPA (key): /səɲ⁵⁵ ɦi̯ʊʔ²¹/
- (Shanghainese)
