劣根性

Chinese

		inferior	one's nature; one's disposition
simp. and trad. (劣根性)		劣	根性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liègēnxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄣ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liègēnxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄣ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liègensìng
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴-kên¹-hsing⁴
    • Yale: lyè-gēn-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liehgenshinq
    • Palladius: легэньсин (legɛnʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹ kən⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 劣根性

1. longstanding bad habit; innate weaknesses (of a people)