異性

See also: 异性

Chinese

		different; unusual; strange	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (異性)		異	性
simp. (异性)		异	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ sing³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ī-sèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i⁶ sên³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìsìng
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: yì-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshinq
    • Palladius: исин (isin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 意興／意兴 異姓／异姓 異性／异性 義行／义行

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ sing³
    • Yale: yih sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: ī-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ixsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i⁶ sên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ĭ sèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ²¹³/

Noun

異性

1. the opposite sex (the other gender to which one is referring)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
異	性
い Grade: 6	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi	kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いせー [ìséé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) い​せー [íꜜsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ise̞ː]

Noun

異(い)性(せい) • (isei) 

1. the opposite sex (the other gender to which one is referring)
2. (chemistry, physics) isomerism (phenomenon of the existence of isomers)

Antonyms

• 同(どう)性(せい) (dōsei)

Derived terms

• 異(い)性(せい)化(か)酵(こう)素(そ) (iseika kōso)
• 異(い)性(せい)化(か)糖(とう) (iseikatō)
• 異(い)性(せい)体(たい) (iseitai)
• 回(かい)転(てん)異(い)性(せい) (kaiten isei)
• 幾(き)何(か)異(い)性(せい) (kika isei)
• 光(こう)学(がく)異(い)性(せい) (kōgaku isei)
• 構(こう)造(ぞう)異(い)性(せい) (kōzō isei)
• 互(ご)変(へん)異(い)性(せい) (gohen isei)
• 不(ふ)純(じゅん)異(い)性(せい)交(こう)遊(ゆう) (fujun isei kōyū)
• 立(りっ)体(たい)異(い)性(せい) (rittai isei)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
異	性

Noun

異性 • (iseong) (hangeul 이성)

1. Hanja form^? of 이성 (“opposite sex”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
異	性

Adjective

異性

1. chữ Hán form of dị tính (“heterosexual”).