惡性

See also: 恶性

Chinese

		evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (惡性)		惡	性
simp. (恶性)		恶	性
anagram		性惡／性恶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ok³ sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ok-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èsìng
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: è-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehshinq
    • Palladius: эсин (esin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ok³ sing³
    • Yale: ok sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ok⁸ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: og³ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːk̚³ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: ok-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oksexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

惡性

1. bad; viciousness; wickedness

Antonyms

• 良性 (liángxìng)

Adjective

惡性

1. (attributive) bad; vicious; wicked

   惡性競爭／恶性竞争  ―  èxìng jìngzhēng  ―  cutthroat competition

2. (medicine, attributive) malignant (tumor)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “bad”): 良性 (liángxìng)
• (antonym(s) of “malignant”): 良性 (liángxìng)

Derived terms

• 惡性傷人／恶性伤人 (èxìng shāngrén)
• 惡性循環／恶性循环 (èxìng xúnhuán)
• 惡性腫瘤／恶性肿瘤 (èxìng zhǒngliú)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (惡性):

• → Japanese: 悪性(あくせい) (akusei)
• → Korean: 악성(惡性) (akseong)
• → Vietnamese: ác tính (惡性)