# 精子
## Chinese

* 精子

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jīngzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zing$^1$ zi$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-chú / cheng-chír
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng$^1$ ze$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$cin-tsy
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jin$^1$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jīngzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jingzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: ching$^1$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: jīng-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingtzyy
*** Palladius: цзинцзы (czinczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zing$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: jīng jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzing$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jing$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chú
*** Tâi-lô: tsing-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zengzuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chír
*** Tâi-lô: tsing-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zêng$^1$ ze$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng tsṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sɯ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$cin-tsy
*** MiniDict: cin$^平$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$jin-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: jin$^1$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕin³³ t͡sz̩³/

### Noun

精子
* (cytology) sperm cell; spermatozoon
* (proscribed) semen

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* 精子庫／精子库 (jīngzǐkù)
* 精子數／精子数 (jīngzǐshù)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 精 | 子 |
| せい Grade: 5 | し Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

May be from Chinese 精子 (jīngzǐ).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せーし [séꜜèshì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [se̞ːɕi]

### Noun

精(せい)子(し) • (seishi)
* (biology, cytology) a spermatozoon, a sperm cell

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 精 | 子 |

### Noun

精子 • (jeongja or McCune-Reischauer: chŏngsa or Yale: cengsa) (hangeul 정자)
* hanja form of 정자 (“sperm cell”)