妊娠

Chinese

be pregnant pregnant
trad. (妊娠)
simp. #(妊娠)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (38) (26) (23)
Final () (139) (43) (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter nyimH syin tsyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪmH/ /ɕiɪn/ /t͡ɕiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵimH/ /ɕin/ /t͡ɕinH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjemH/ /ɕjen/ /t͡ɕjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵimH/ /ɕin/ /cinH/
Li
Rong
/ȵiəmH/ /ɕiĕn/ /t͡ɕiĕnH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕmH/ /ɕĭĕn/ /t͡ɕĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯əmH/ /ɕi̯ĕn/ /t͡ɕi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rèn shēn zhèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jam6 san1 zan3

Verb

妊娠

  1. (formal) to gestate; to be pregnant

Usage notes

  • This is a medical term. The more common term is 懷孕怀孕 (huáiyùn).

Synonyms

Noun

妊娠

  1. gestation; pregnancy
    高危妊娠   gāowēi rènshēn   high-risk pregnancy

Usage notes

  • This is a medical term. The more common term is 懷孕怀孕 (huáiyùn).

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妊娠):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: S
しん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

The "Nintendo fanboy" sense is from a shortening of 任天堂(にんてんどう)信者(しんじゃ) (nintendō shinja, Nintendo believer), written with the kanji for "pregnancy" to carry an infantile nuance.[1]

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) んしん [nìńshíń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
    • IPA(key): [ɲ̟ĩɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

    Noun

    (にん)(しん) • (ninshin) 

    1. pregnancy, conception
    2. (slang, derogatory, video games) a Nintendo fanboy, Nintendrone
      Synonym: 任豚

    Verb

    (にん)(しん)する • (ninshin suru) intransitive suru (stem (にん)(しん) (ninshin shi), past (にん)(しん)した (ninshin shita))

    1. conceive (to become pregnant)

    Conjugation

    • 想像妊娠
    • 妊娠期間
    • 妊娠検査
    • 妊娠中毒

    References

    1. Brian Ashcraft (2013 July 12) “Why Nintendo Fans Are Called “Pigs” (and Other Things) in Japan”, in Kotaku, retrieved July 6, 2021
    2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja in this term

    Noun

    妊娠 • (imsin) (hangeul 임신)

    1. Hanja form? of 임신 (pregnancy).
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