先天性

Chinese

		nature; congenital; inherited nature; congenital; inherited; innate; inborn	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (先天性)		先天	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāntiānxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ tin¹ sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-thian-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāntiānxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siantiansìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tʻien¹-hsing⁴
    • Yale: syān-tyān-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantianshinq
    • Palladius: сяньтяньсин (sjanʹtjanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ tin¹ sing³
    • Yale: sīn tīn sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tin¹ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ tin¹ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thian-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: sian-thian-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sientiensexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ tʰiɛn³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

先天性

1. (often attributive) innateness; congenitality

Derived terms

• 先天性心臟病／先天性心脏病 (xiāntiānxìng xīnzàngbìng)
• 先天性異常／先天性异常
• 先天性畸形

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	天	性
せん Grade: 1	てん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

先天 (“congenital”) +‎ 性 (“nature of”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんてんせー [sèńtéńséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ntẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

先(せん)天(てん)性(せい) • (sentensei) 

1. hereditary, congenital