性
xìngㄒㄧㄥˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: TÍNH
Traditional: 性
HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 5
Meaning(vocab.word.pos.g, noun, vocab.word.pos.k)
nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence
Often a suffix: 重要性 (importance), 可能性 (possibility).
Examples
他的性格很好。
tā de xìng gé hěn hǎo.
He has a nice personality.
请写上你的性别和年龄。
qǐng xiě shàng nǐ de xìng bié hé nián líng.
Please write your gender and age.
大家都知道这件事的重要性。
dà jiā dōu zhī dào zhè jiàn shì de zhòng yào xìng.
Everyone knows how important this is.
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Stroke order
TÍNH · 8 strokes
nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence
Related words
- 性格 xìng gé — nature; disposition; temperament; character
- 性别 xìng bié — gender; sex
- 个性 gè xìng — individuality; personality
- 性质 xìng zhì — nature; characteristic
- 性感 xìng gǎn — sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy
- 人性 rén xìng — human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes
- 性命 xìng mìng — life
- 性能 xìng néng — function; performance; behavior