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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gòngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung⁶ sang¹
Min Nan (POJ): kiōng-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gòngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonqsheng
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung⁶ sang¹
  - Yale: guhng sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung⁶ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung⁶ seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²² sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiōng-seng
  - Tâi-lô: kiōng-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kioxngsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

共生

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

Derived terms

共生礦／共生矿

Noun

共生

(biology) symbiosis

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) きょーせー [kyòóséé] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

共生 (hiragana きょうせい, rōmaji kyōsei, historical hiragana きようせい)

(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)

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