性情

Chinese

		sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (性情)		性	情
simp. #(性情)		性	情
anagram		情性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sing³ cing⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhen¹ den³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-chhìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-chêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngcíng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-chʻing²
    • Yale: syìng-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqchyng
    • Palladius: синцин (sincin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ cing⁴
    • Yale: sing chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhen¹ den³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬen³³ ten²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-chhìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin qinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ qin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ t͡sʰin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangzeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɪŋ²³/

Noun

性情

1. disposition; temper; temperament

Synonyms

• 天性 (tiānxìng)
• 常性 (chángxìng)
• 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
• 性子 (xìngzi)
• 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
• 本性 (běnxìng)
• 本質／本质 (běnzhì)
• 氣性／气性
• 率性 (shuàixìng) (literary)
• 理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 癖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 癖鼻 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 秉性 (bǐngxìng)
• 稟性／禀性 (bǐngxìng)
• 稟氣／禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
• 素性 (sùxìng)
• 脾氣／脾气
• 腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
• 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (性情):

• → Japanese: 性情(せいじょう) (seijō)
• → Korean: 성정(性情) (seongjeong)
• → Vietnamese: tính tình (性情)

Korean

Hanja in this term
性	情

Noun

性情 • (seongjeong) (hangeul 성정)

1. Hanja form^? of 성정 (“nature of a person; temperament”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
性	情

Noun

性情

1. chữ Hán form of tính tình (“disposition”).