性欲

See also: 性慾

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 性欲 – see 性慾 (“lust; sexual desire”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 性慾).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
性	欲
せい Grade: 5	よく Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
性慾

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーよく [sèéyókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3][4]
• (Tokyo) せーよく [séꜜèyòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːjo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

性(せい)欲(よく) • (seiyoku) 

1. lust; sexual desire

Synonyms

• 情欲(じょうよく) (jōyoku), 肉欲(にくよく) (nikuyoku)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
4. “性欲”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here