本性

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (本性)		本	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): běnxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² sing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-sin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: běnxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: běnsìng
    • Wade–Giles: pên³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: běn-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenshinq
    • Palladius: бэньсин (bɛnʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun² sing³
    • Yale: bún sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun² sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun² xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: bun` xin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ xin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ sin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: pún-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwnsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

本性

1. one's inherent nature

Synonyms

• 天性 (tiānxìng)
• 常性 (chángxìng)
• 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
• 性子 (xìngzi)
• 性情 (xìngqíng)
• 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 江山易改，本性難移／江山易改，本性难移 (jiāngshān yì gǎi, běnxìng nán yí)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	性
ほん Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

Noun

本(ほん)性(しょう) • (honshō) 

1. one's inherent nature

Kanji in this term
本	性
ほん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

本(ほん)性(せい) • (honsei) 

1. one's inherent nature

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	性

Noun

本性 • (bonseong) (hangeul 본성)

1. Hanja form^? of 본성 (“one's inherent nature”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
本	性

Noun

本性

1. chữ Hán form of bản tính (“inherent nature; character”).