寄生

Chinese

 
lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend
 
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad.
(寄生)

Pronunciation


Verb

寄生

  1. to live as a parasite; to be parasitic
  2. (figuratively) to live off of others; to live by taking advantage of others

Noun

寄生

  1. (ecology) parasitism
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hermit crab

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Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
せい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

寄生 (hiragana きせい, rōmaji kisei)

  1. (ecology) parasitism

Verb

寄生する (intransitive, hiragana きせいする, rōmaji kisei suru)

  1. (ecology) to be parasitic

Conjugation

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