性質

See also: 性质

Chinese

		sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	hostage; substance; nature hostage; substance; nature; quality
trad. (性質)		性	質
simp. (性质)		性	质

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngzhì, xìngzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄓˋ, ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ zat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-chṳt
• Eastern Min (BUC): séng-cék
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-chit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên³ zioh⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵shin-tseq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngzhì → xìngzhi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄓˋ → ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄓ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngjhi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-chih⁵
    • Yale: syìng-jr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq.jyh
    • Palladius: синчжи (sinčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /ɕiŋ⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-chih²
    • Yale: syìng-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqjyr
    • Palladius: синчжи (sinčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ zat¹
    • Yale: sing jāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dzat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ zed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-chṳt
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin ziid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ zid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ t͡sɨt̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-cék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-chit
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangcid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sit̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên³ zioh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sèⁿ tsioh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sioʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shin-tseq
    • MiniDict: shin^去 tseh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xin-tseq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³³ t͡səʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

性質

1. character; nature; intrinsic quality; essence

   凡事要先搞清楚性質才不至於出錯。 [MSC, trad.]
   凡事要先搞清楚性质才不至于出错。 [MSC, simp.]

   Fánshì yào xiān gǎo qīngchǔ xìngzhì cái bùzhìyú chūcuò. [Pinyin]

   An understanding of the nature of things is needed to avoid making mistakes.

Synonyms

• 實質／实质 (shízhì)
• 本色
• 本質／本质 (běnzhì)
• 真態／真态 (zhēntài) (literary)
• 素質／素质 (sùzhì)
• 質／质

 

Derived terms

• 化學性質／化学性质 (huàxué xìngzhì)
• 物理性質／物理性质

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (性質):

• → Japanese: 性質(せいしつ) (seishitsu)
• → Korean: 성질(性質) (seongjil)
• → Vietnamese: tính chất (性質)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
性	質
せい Grade: 5	しつ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーしつ [sèéshítsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɕit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

性(せい)質(しつ) • (seishitsu) 

1. a person's nature or disposition

   彼(かれ)は性質(せいしつ)が良(よ)い。

   Kare wa seishitsu ga yoi.

   He is goodnatured.

2. original characteristic of a thing; a property; a nature

   この仕事(しごと)の性質(せいしつ)を知(し)らなかった。

   Kono shigoto no seishitsu o shiranakatta.

   I didn't know the nature of this job.

Synonyms

• (disposition): 気性(きしょう) (kishō)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
性	質

Noun

性質 • (seongjil) (hangeul 성질)

1. Hanja form^? of 성질 (“temper, nature, quality”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
性	質

Noun

性質

1. chữ Hán form of tính chất (“property, nature, characteristic”).