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)

Pronunciation


Verb

寄生

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

Noun

寄生

  1. (ecology) parasitism
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hermit crab

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
せい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

()(せい) • (kisei) 

  1. (ecology) parasitism

Verb

()(せい)する • (kisei suru) intransitive suru (stem ()(せい) (kisei shi), past ()(せい)した (kisei shita))

  1. (ecology) to be parasitic

Conjugation

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

寄生 • (gisaeng) (hangeul 기생)

  1. Hanja form? of 기생 (parasitism).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

寄生

  1. chữ Hán form of kí sinh (to be parasitic).
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