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寄生 meaning in English

jìshēng

to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others

16 strokes

Meaning of 寄生

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jìshēng
  1. to live in or on another organism as a parasite
  2. to live by taking advantage of others
  3. parasitism
  4. parasitic

寄生 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ是shì个gè寄jì生shēng虫chóng。
Tom is a parasite.
寄jì生shēng在zài狗gǒu身shēn上shàng的de跳tiào蚤zǎo已yǐ被bèi证zhèng明míng跳tiào得de比bǐ寄jì生shēng在zài猫māo身shēn上shàng的de高gāo。
It was proven that fleas living on dogs jump higher than fleas living on cats.

Stroke order for each character

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寄 jì · to entrust · 11 strokes

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生 shēng · to grow · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 寄生.

先生xiānshengteacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
医生yīshēngdoctor; medical practitioner
生气shēngqìto get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
学生xuéshēngstudent; schoolchild
生日shēngrìbirthday
生病shēngbìngto fall ill
女生nǚshēngschoolgirl; female student
男生nánshēngschoolboy; male student
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student; schoolchild
中学生zhōngxuéshēngmiddle-school student; high school student
生活shēnghuóto live; life

Questions about 寄生

What does 寄生 mean?

寄生 (jìshēng) means "to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others".

How do you write 寄生?

寄生 is made of 2 characters: 寄 (11 strokes), 生 (5 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.