精液

Chinese

	energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	liquid; fluid
trad. (精液)	精	液
simp. ^#(精液)	精	液
Literally: “essential fluid”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jīngyè, jīngyì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄧㄝˋ, ㄐㄧㄥㄧˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jin¹ ye⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ jik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-e̍k / cheng-ia̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingyè
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-yeh⁴
  - Yale: jīng-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingyeh
  - Palladius: цзинъе (czinʺje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    兢業 / 兢业
    精液
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingyì
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-i⁴
  - Yale: jīng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingyih
  - Palladius: цзинъи (czinʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
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    京邑
    精液
    驚異 / 惊异
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: jin¹ ye⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ginje
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ iɛ²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ jik⁶
  - Yale: jīng yihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ jik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ yig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-e̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-i̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'ek
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-ia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-ia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'iak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ iak̚²⁴/

Noun

精液

semen
(literary) bodily fluid; saliva
(literary, figuratively) essence; quintessence
(chemistry) refined liquid

Synonyms

(semen):

Dialectal synonyms of 精液 (“semen”) [map]

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

(bodily fluid):

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津液 (jīnyè) (literary, TCM)
液汁 (yèzhī)
體液 / 体液 (tǐyè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
精	液
せい Grade: 5	えき Grade: 5
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーえき [séꜜèèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) せーえき [sèéékí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːe̞kʲi]

Noun

精(せい)液(えき) • (seieki) (uncountable)

semen

Synonyms

ザーメン (zāmen)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
精	液

Noun

精液 • (jeong-aek) (hangeul 정액)

hanja form^? of 정액 (“semen”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
精	液

Noun

精液

chữ Hán form of tinh dịch (“semen”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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