共生

Chinese

		all together; in while; to share all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (共生)		共	生
Literally: “mutual living”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gòngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung⁶ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiōng-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gòngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gòngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: kung⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: gùng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonqsheng
    • Palladius: гуншэн (gunšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung⁶ sang¹
    • Yale: guhng sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung⁶ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung⁶ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²² sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiōng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: kiōng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioxngsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

共生

1. (biology) to live together; to maintain symbiosis
2. (geology) to have intergrowth

Derived terms

• 共生礦 / 共生矿

Noun

共生

1. (biology) symbiosis

Japanese

Kanji in this term
共	生
きょう Grade: 4	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょーせー [kyòóséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

共(きょう)生(せい) • (kyōsei) ^{←きようせい (kyousei)?}

1. (ecology) symbiosis

See also

• 相(そう)利(り)共(きょう)生(せい) (sōri kyōsei)
• 片(へん)利(り)共(きょう)生(せい) (henri kyōsei)
• 変(へん)態(たい)共(きょう)生(せい) (hentai kyōsei)
• 寄(き)生(せい) (kisei)

Korean

Hanja in this term
共	生

Noun

共生 • (gongsaeng) (hangeul 공생)

1. hanja form^? of 공생 (“symbiosis”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
共	生

Noun

共生

1. chữ Hán form of cộng sinh (“symbiosis”).