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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìngjiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ gaau¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-kâu
Eastern Min (BUC): séng-gău
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sèng-kau

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên³ gao¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shin-kau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìngjiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìngjiao
  - Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-chiao¹
  - Yale: syìng-jyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqjiau
  - Palladius: синцзяо (sinczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ gaau¹
  - Yale: sing gāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ gaau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ gao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ kaːu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-kâu
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin gau^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ gau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ kau̯²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-gău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋau⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-kau
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-kau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangkaw
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kau³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kau⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên³ gao¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sèⁿ kau
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kau³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shin-kau
  - MiniDict: shin^去 kau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xin-kau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³³ kɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

性交

to have sex; to have sexual intercourse

Synonyms

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上床 (shàngchuáng) (figuratively)
交合 (jiāohé) (euphemistic)
交媾 (jiāogòu) (literary)
交接 (jiāojiē)
做愛 / 做爱 (zuò'ài)
去motel (Taiwan)
同房 (tóngfáng) (euphemistic)
啪啪 (pāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
啪啪啪 (pāpāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
嘿咻 (hēixiū) (slang)
執劑 / 执剂 (zap¹ zai¹) (Cantonese, slang, euphemistic)
屌閪 / 屌𲈹 (diu² hai¹) (Cantonese, vulgar)
巫山 (Wūshān) (euphemistic)
愛愛 / 爱爱 (ài'ài) (euphemistic)
戳屄 (Wu)
扑嘢 (bok¹ je⁵) (Cantonese, slang)
搞嘢 (gaau² je⁵) (Cantonese)
敦倫 / 敦伦 (dūnlún)
炒飯 / 炒饭 (chǎofàn) (Taiwan)
發生性行為 / 发生性行为 (fāshēng xìngxíngwéi)
相使 (Min Nan)
相姦 / 相奸 (Hokkien)
相箍 (Min Nan)
睡覺 / 睡觉 (euphemistic)
肏屄 (càobī) (vulgar, with a woman)
行埋 (haang⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
行房 (xíngfáng) (euphemistic, chiefly of a couple)
親熱 / 亲热 (qīnrè) (euphemistic)
雲雨 / 云雨 (yúnyǔ) (euphemistic)

Derived terms

安全性交 (ānquán xìngjiāo)
性交體位 / 性交体位 (xìngjiāo tǐwèi)
插入性性交 (chārùxìng xìngjiāo)
虛擬性交 / 虚拟性交 (xūnǐ xìngjiāo)
陰道性交 / 阴道性交 (yīndào xìngjiāo)

Japanese

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

Etymology

/seikau/ → /seikɔː/ → /seːkoː/

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

First cited to a text from 1912.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーこー [sèékóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːko̞ː]

Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 性交する

Plain	性交する	せーこーする	`[sèékóó súrú]`
Conjunctive	性交して	せーこーして	`[sèékóó shíté]`
Perfective	性交した	せーこーした	`[sèékóó shítá]`
Negative	性交しない	せーこーしない	`[sèékóó shínáí]`
Negative perfective	性交しなかった	せーこーしなかった	`[sèékóó shínáꜜkàttà]`
Hypothetical conditional	性交すれば	せーこーすれば	`[sèékóó súréꜜbà]`
Past conditional	性交したら	せーこーしたら	`[sèékóó shítáꜜrà]`
Imperative	性交しろ性交せよ	せーこーしろせーこーせよ	`[sèékóó shíró]` `[sèékóó séꜜyò]`
Volitional	性交しよう	せーこーしよー	`[sèékóó shíyóꜜò]`
Desiderative	性交したい	せーこーしたい	`[sèékóó shítáí]`
Formal	性交します	せーこーします	`[sèékóó shímáꜜsù]`
Formal negative	性交しません	せーこーしません	`[sèékóó shímáséꜜǹ]`
Formal volitional	性交しましょう	せーこーしましょー	`[sèékóó shímáshóꜜò]`
Formal perfective	性交しました	せーこーしました	`[sèékóó shímáꜜshìtà]`
Continuative	性交し性交しに	せーこーしせーこーしに	`[sèékóó shí]` `[sèékóó shí ní]`
Negative continuative	性交せず性交せずに	せーこーせずせーこーせずに	`[sèékóó séꜜzù]` `[sèékóó séꜜzù nì]`
Passive	性交される	せーこーされる	`[sèékóó sárérú]`
Causative	性交させる性交さす	せーこーさせるせーこーさす	`[sèékóó sásérú]` `[sèékóó sású]`
Potential	性交できる	せーこーできる	`[sèékóó dékíꜜrù]`

Noun

性(せい)交(こう) • (seikō) ^{←せいかう (seikau)^?}

[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

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(せい)交(こう)する • (seikō suru) ^{←せいかう (seikau)^?}suru (stem 性(せい)交(こう)し (seikō shi), past 性(せい)交(こう)した (seikō shita))

[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

Conjugation of "性交する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	性交し	せいこうし	seikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	性交し	せいこうし	seikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	性交する	せいこうする	seikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	性交する	せいこうする	seikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	性交すれ	せいこうすれ	seikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ 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

“性交”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
性	交

Noun

性交 • (seonggyo) (hangeul 성교)

hanja form^? of 성교 (“sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
性	交

Noun

性交

chữ Hán form of tính giao (“sexual intercourse, sex, coitus, copulation”)

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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

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