精子

Chinese
 
energy; perfect; excellent
energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (精子) 精 子
simp. #(精子) 精 子

Pronunciation

Noun

精子

  1. (cytology) sperm cell; spermatozoon
  2. (proscribed) semen

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 精液 (“semen”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 精
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 精液
Mandarin Beijing 精液, 㞞
Taiwan 精液, 洨, 精
Harbin 㞞, 雞巴湯兒
Yantai (Muping) 㞞, 精
Jinan 㞞
Luoyang 㞞
Wanrong 㞞
Xi'an 㞞
Yinchuan 㞞
Lanzhou 㞞
Xining 㞞
Ürümqi 㞞
Wuhan 漿
Chengdu 精水, 精液, 頭兒油, 化豬油, 豬油
Guiyang 精水
Liuzhou 精水
Xuzhou 㞞
Yangzhou 㞞
Nanjing 㞞
Cantonese Guangzhou 𨳍水
Hong Kong 精液, 精
Dongguan 精液
Shaoguan 精水
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 𨳍水
Nanning 𨳍水, 炮油
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 精液
Gan Lichuan 精
Hakka Meixian 𡳞屎
Xingning 𡳞屎
Dabu (Xihe) 精液, 𡳞屎
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 𡳞屎
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 𡳞屎, 潲
Wuhua (Huacheng) 𡳞屎
Wuhua (Changbu) 𡳞屎
Wuhua (Mianyang) 𡳞屎, 潲水
Jiexi 𡳞屎
Changting 淫
Yongding 潲
Yongding (Gaobei) 精子
Yongding (Hukeng) 潲膏
Liancheng (Juxi) 脧仁
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 精
Yudu 卵屎
Ruijin 卵屎
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 潲
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 潲
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 潲
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 潲
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 精水
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 潲
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 精水
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 𡳞屎
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 𡳞屎
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 𡳞屎
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 潲
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 潲
Hong Kong 𡳞屎
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 精液
Senai (Huiyang) 𡳞屎
Bangkok (Meixian) 𡳞屎
Bangkok (Fengshun) 𡳞屎
Huizhou Jixi 㞞, 鳥漿
Shexian 㞞
Tunxi 精, 㞞
Jin Taiyuan 精液
Pingyao 㞞
Xinzhou 㞞, 㞞糊子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 精
Southern Min Xiamen 潲
Quanzhou 潲
Zhangzhou 潲
Zhao'an 潲
Taipei 潲
Taipei (Wanhua) 潲
New Taipei (Tamsui) 潲
New Taipei (Sanxia) 潲
New Taipei (Pingxi) 潲
Kaohsiung 潲
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 潲
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 潲
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 潲
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 潲
Yilan 潲
Yilan (Luodong) 潲
Yilan (Toucheng) 潲, 精水
Changhua (Lukang) 潲
Taichung 潲
Taichung (Wuqi) 潲
Tainan 潲, 精水
Tainan (Anping) 潲
Taitung 精
Hsinchu 潲
Kinmen 潲
Penghu (Magong) 潲
Penghu (Xiyu) 潲
Penang (Hokkien) 潲
Singapore (Hokkien) 潲
Manila (Hokkien) 潲
Longyan 潲
Chaozhou 潲
Jieyang 潲
Haifeng 潲, 潲水
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 精
Wenchang 精
Haikou 精
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 精, 𨳍水
Wu Shanghai 精, 白脫油, 白脫
Shanghai (Chongming) 㞞
Suzhou 精
Danyang 㞞
Hangzhou 㞞, 陽水
Ningbo 卵漿, 漿水
Wenzhou 頹漿
Jinhua 㞞
Xiang Changsha 卵漿, 精子
Xiangxiang 卵射漿, 精液
Loudi 卵水, 水, 漿, 烏龜尿

Derived terms

Japanese
精子 (seishi): a sperm cell fertilizing an egg cell.
Kanji in this term
精 子
せい
Grade: 5		 し
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

May be from Chinese 精子 (jīngzǐ).

Pronunciation

Noun

精(せい)子(し) • (seishi) 

  1. (biology, cytology) a spermatozoon, a sperm cell

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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
精子

Noun

精子 • (jeongja or McCune-Reischauer: chŏngsa or Yale: cengsa) (hangeul 정자)

  1. Hanja form? of 정자 (“sperm cell”).
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