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)		性	交

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ gaau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-kâu
• Min Dong (BUC): séng-gău
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-kau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên³ gao¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): xin kau (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xìngjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqjiau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngjiao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ gaau¹
    • Yale: sing gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ käːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-kâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin gau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ gau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕin⁵⁵ kau̯²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-gău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋau⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-kau
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangkaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kaʊ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên³ gao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sèⁿ kau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kau³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xin kau (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɪɲ³³ kɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

性交

1. to have sex

Synonyms

• 做愛／做爱 (zuò'ài)
• 行房 (xíngfáng)
• (Cantonese) 扑嘢

Noun

性交

1. sexual intercourse; sex; coitus; copulation

Derived terms

• 安全性交 (ānquán xìngjiāo)
• 性交體位／性交体位 (xìngjiāo tǐwèi)

• 虛擬性交／虚拟性交 (xūnǐ xìngjiāo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
性	交
せい Grade: 5	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

/seikau/ → /seikɔː/ → /seːkoː/

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せーこー [sèékóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

性交 (hiragana せいこう, rōmaji 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).

Derived terms

• 肛門性交 (こうもんせいこう) (kōmon seikō, “anal sex”)
• 性交体位 (せいこうたいい) (seikō taii, “sex position”)

Verb

性交する (suru conjugation, hiragana せいこうする, rōmaji 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

Conjugation of "性交する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	性交し	せいこうし	seikō shi
Continuative (連用形)	性交し	せいこうし	seikō shi
Terminal (終止形)	性交する	せいこうする	seikō suru
Attributive (連体形)	性交する	せいこうする	seikō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	性交すれ	せいこうすれ	seikō sure
Imperative (命令形)	性交せよ¹ 性交しろ²	せいこうせよ¹ せいこうしろ²	seikō seyo¹ seikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	性交される	せいこうされる	seikō sareru
Causative	性交させる 性交さす	せいこうさせる せいこうさす	seikō saseru seikō sasu
Potential	性交できる	せいこうできる	seikō dekiru
Volitional	性交しよう	せいこうしよう	seikō shiyō
Negative	性交しない	せいこうしない	seikō shinai
Negative continuative	性交せず	せいこうせず	seikō sezu
Formal	性交します	せいこうします	seikō shimasu
Perfective	性交した	せいこうした	seikō shita
Conjunctive	性交して	せいこうして	seikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	性交すれば	せいこうすれば	seikō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
性	交

Noun

性交 • (seonggyo) (hangeul 성교)

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

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
性	交

Noun

性交

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