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性交

性交

Chinese

 
sex; nature; surname; suffix corresponding to -ness or -ity
 
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
simp. and trad.
(性交)

Verb

性交

  1. to have sex

Noun

性交

  1. sexual intercourse; sex; coitus; copulation

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 5
こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

/seikau//seikɔː//seːkoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 性交 (sjengH kæw, literally sex + cross). Compare modern Hakka sin-kâu or Cantonese sing3 gaau1.

Pronunciation

Noun

性交 (hiragana せいこう, romaji seikō, historical hiragana せいかう)

  1. sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation

Usage notes

This term is more formal and clinical than the everyday term セックス (sekkusu).

Verb

性交する (hiragana せいこうする, romaji seikō suru, historical hiragana せいかうする)

  1. to have sex, to copulate

Usage notes

This term is more formal and clinical than the everyday term セックス (sekkusu).

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

性交 (seonggyo) (hangeul 성교)

  1. Hanja form? of 성교, “sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

性交

  1. Hán tự form of tính giao, “sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation