秉性

Chinese

		to grasp; hold; maintain	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (秉性)		秉	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐngxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing² sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐngxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐngsìng
    • Wade–Giles: ping³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: bǐng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biingshinq
    • Palladius: бинсин (binsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing² sing³
    • Yale: bíng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing² sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing² xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵ sɪŋ³³/

Noun

秉性

1. nature; natural temperament
2. personality; nature; temperament; disposition

Synonyms

• (nature):

• 天性 (tiānxìng)
• 常性 (chángxìng)
• 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)
• 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)

 

• (personality):

• 人格 (réngé)
• 個性／个性 (gèxìng)
• 性格 (xìnggé)
• 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)