陰性

See also: 阴性

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (陰性)		陰	性
simp. (阴性)		阴	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ sing³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): im-sèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): im¹ sên³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinsìng
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-hsing⁴
    • Yale: yīn-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inshinq
    • Palladius: иньсин (inʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ sing³
    • Yale: yām sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: im-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: im¹ sên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: im sèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /im³³⁻²³ sẽ²¹³/

Noun

陰性

1. (medicine) negativity (on a test)

   呈陰性／呈阴性  ―  chéng yīnxìng  ―  to be negative (on a test)

   我做過核酸檢測了，結果是陰性的。 [MSC, trad.]
   我做过核酸检测了，结果是阴性的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zuò guò hésuān jiǎncè le, jiéguǒ shì yīnxìng de. [Pinyin]

   I have taken a nucleic acid test, and the result was negative.

2. (linguistics) feminine gender

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “negativity”): 陽性／阳性 (yángxìng)
• (antonym(s) of “feminine gender”): 陽性／阳性 (yángxìng)

Derived terms

• 假陰性／假阴性 (jiǎyīnxìng)
• 偽陰性／伪阴性 (wěiyīnxìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陰	性
いん Grade: S	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Adjective

陰(いん)性(せい) • (insei) 

1. negative

Korean

Hanja in this term
陰	性

Noun

陰性 • (eumseong) (hangeul 음성)

1. Hanja form^? of 음성 (“negative”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
陰	性

Adjective

陰性

1. chữ Hán form of âm tính (“negative”).