Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Reproductive, pertaining to reproduction: Describes something related to the biological process of producing new individual organisms.
   • Genital: Pertaining to the organs involved in sexual reproduction.

Usage

• This term is primarily used in formal, academic, or historical contexts, especially in biology and medicine. It is considered somewhat archaic in modern everyday Vietnamese.
• It functions as an adjective and is typically placed before a noun to specify its relation to reproduction.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Các cơ quan sinh thực của thực vật có hoa rất đa dạng. (The reproductive organs of flowering plants are very diverse.)
  • Nghiên cứu về hành vi sinh thực của động vật. (Research on animal reproductive behavior.)
  • Trong y học cổ, thuật ngữ này thường chỉ bộ phận sinh thực. (In ancient medicine, this term often referred to the genital organs.)

Advanced Usage

• "sinh thực khí": An archaic term for genitalia or reproductive organs.
  • Sách y học cổ có ghi chép về các bệnh liên quan đến sinh thực khí. (Ancient medical texts record diseases related to the reproductive organs.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sinh sản (n, v): Reproduction (noun), to reproduce (verb). This is the modern, common term.
  • Tốc độ sinh sản của loài này rất cao. (The reproduction rate of this species is very high.)
• Sinh dục (adj): Sexual, genital. Used in formal/medical contexts (e.g., - sexuality, - genital organs).
• Tái sinh sản (v): To reproduce, to replicate (often used in technical contexts).

Synonyms

• Thuộc về sinh sản: Pertaining to reproduction.
• Sinh dục: Genital, sexual (in a biological context).

Notes on Meaning

• The core meaning of sinh thực is firmly rooted in the biological function of reproduction. While it can be translated as "genital," this meaning is derived from its primary association with reproductive organs and processes. Its usage has largely been replaced by sinh sản and sinh dục in contemporary language.

1. (sinh vật, cũ) Reproduction