常性

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (常性)		常	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángsìng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-hsing⁴
    • Yale: cháng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngshinq
    • Palladius: чансин (čansin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Noun

常性

1. one's inherent nature
2. endurance

Synonyms

• (nature):

• 天性 (tiānxìng)
• 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
• 性子 (xìngzi)
• 性情 (xìngqíng)
• 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)

 

• (endurance): 持久性 (chíjiǔxìng)