寄生 jì shēng

parasitic; to live in or on another organism as a parasite

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 15974th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
寄 jì HSK 4
to send; to mail; to entrust
生 shēng HSK 1
life; to be born; raw