性交

Chinese

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation


Verb

性交

  1. to have sex; to have sexual intercourse

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 5
こう
Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

/seikau//seikɔː//seːkoː/

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

First cited to a text from 1912.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(せい)(こう) • (seikō) せいかう (seikau)?

  1. [from 1912] sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Verb

(せい)(こう)する • (seikō suru) せいかう (seikau)?suru (stem (せい)(こう) (seikō shi), past (せい)(こう)した (seikō shita))

  1. [from 1912] to have sex, to copulate
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:性交する

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

性交 • (seonggyo) (hangeul 성교)

  1. Hanja form? of 성교 (sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

性交

  1. chữ Hán form of tính giao (sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation).
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