定性

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (定性)		定	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìngxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ sing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thin-sin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tēng-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngsìng
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: dìng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqshinq
    • Palladius: динсин (dinsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ sing³
    • Yale: dihng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin-sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin xin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tin⁴ xin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵ sin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: tīng-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexngsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/

Verb

定性

1. to determine the nature (of an error, mistake, incident, crime, etc.)
2. (chemistry) to determine the chemical makeup and properties (of something)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 定性

1. (attributive) qualitative

   定性研究  ―  dìngxìng yánjiū  ―  qualitative study

See also

• 定量 (dìngliàng)

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