素性

Chinese

		plain; element	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (素性)		素	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùsìng
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: sù-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhshinq
    • Palladius: сусин (susin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Noun

素性

1. disposition; temperament

Synonyms

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• 天性 (tiānxìng)
• 常性 (chángxìng)
• 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
• 性子 (xìngzi)
• 性情 (xìngqíng)
• 性頭 / 性头 (Puxian Min)
• 性體 / 性体 (Hakka)
• 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)
• 脾性 (píxìng)
• 脾氣 / 脾气
• 腸子 / 肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
• 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
素	性
す Grade: 5	しょう > じょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 素性 – see the following entry.

【すじょう】 [noun] parentage; heritage; origin Alternative spellings 素姓, 素生, 種姓

(This term, 素性, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
素	性
そ Grade: 5	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そせー [sòséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞se̞ː]

Noun

素(そ)性(せい) • (sosei) ^{←そせい (sosei)?}

1. (linguistics) feature

References

• “素性”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026