寄生 Chinese English dictionary 寄生 translate 寄生 pinyin

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寄生

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
寄生 jìshēng	寄生 \| 寄生* \| *寄生	to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
寄	寄 \| 寄* \| *寄	11画宀 + 8	jì	send, transmit, mail; rely on	gei3	3062.1 JKMR


生	生 \| 生* \| *生	5画生 + 0	shēng	life, living, lifetime; birth	sang1	2510.0 HQM

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
寄生 jìshēng	寄生 \| 寄生* \| *寄生	to live in or on another organism as a parasite / to live by taking advantage of others / parasitism / parasitic


寄 jì	寄 \| 寄* \| *寄	to entrust; to place in sb's care / (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily / (bound form) foster (as in 寄女 foster daughter) / to send by post; to mail


生　shēng	生 \| 生* \| *生	to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽)