天性
Chinese
day; sky; heaven | sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity | ||
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simp. and trad. (天性) |
天 | 性 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): tin1 sing3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-sin
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-sèng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tiansìng
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-hsing4
- Yale: tyān-syìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshinq
- Palladius: тяньсин (tjanʹsin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-sin
- Hakka Romanization System: tienˊ xin
- Hagfa Pinyim: tian1 xin4
- Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- 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/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 天性
- nature (of a species, organism, etc.); innate disposition; 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.]
- 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.
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.]
Synonyms
- 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 (tensei)
- → Korean: 천성(天性) (cheonseong)
- → Vietnamese: thiên tính (天性)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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天 | 性 |
てん Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: 5 |
on'yomi |
Noun
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