sinh dục

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 生育, composed of 生 (“to bear; to give birth”) and 育 (“to raise; to bring up”). The word properly means "to birth and raise", but the dục part, as in giáo dục (“to educate”) or dưỡng dục (“to raise”), is probably confused with 慾 / 欲 (yù, “lust”), as in tình dục (“sex”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sïŋ˧˧ zʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɨn˧˧ jʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ] ~ [sɨn˧˧ jʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂɨn˧˧ jʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨] ~ [sɨn˧˧ jʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨] === Adjective === sinh dục (anatomy, zoology) reproductive