Chinese

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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)
 
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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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性交

  1. to have sex; to have sexual intercourse

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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/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

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Noun

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(せい)(こう) (seikōせいかう (seikau)?

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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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Verb

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(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

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

Conjugation

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References

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

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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性交 (seonggyo) (hangeul 성교)

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

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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性交

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