天性

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (天性)		天	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ sing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-sin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsing⁴
    • Yale: tyān-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshinq
    • Palladius: тяньсин (tjanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ sing³
    • Yale: tīn sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien^ˊ xin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ xin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: thian-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiensexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 天性

1. nature (of a species, organism, etc.); innate disposition; temperament

   天性放誕／天性放诞  ―  tiānxìng fàngdàn  ―  to have an unrestrained temperament

   • 其俗，寬則隨畜，因射獵禽獸為生業，急則人習戰攻以侵伐，其天性也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其俗，宽则随畜，因射猎禽兽为生业，急则人习战攻以侵伐，其天性也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Qí sú, kuān zé suíxù, yīn shèliè qínshòu wéi shēngyè, jí zé rénxí zhàngōng yǐ qīnfá, qí tiānxìng yě. [Pinyin]

     It is their custom to herd their flocks in times of peace and make their living by hunting, but in periods of crisis they take up arms and go off on plundering and marauding expeditions. This seems to be their inborn nature.

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 秉性 (bǐngxìng)
• 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天性):

• → Japanese: 天性(てんせい) (tensei)
• → Korean: 천성(天性) (cheonseong)
• → Vietnamese: thiên tính (天性)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	性
てん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

天(てん)性(せい) • (tensei) 

1. nature, innate disposition, inborn quality