起性

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (起性)		起	性
simp. #(起性)		起	性

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-sìng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-sìng
    • Tâi-lô: khí-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qysixng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siŋ⁴¹/

Verb

起性

1. (Southern Min) to lose one's temper; to get into a huff; to throw a tantrum

Synonyms

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• 上火 (shànghuǒ) (dialectal Mandarin)
• 使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Hokkien)
• 使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
• 使氣／使气 (shǐqì)
• 使癖 (Hokkien)
• 使頸／使颈 (sai² geng²) (Cantonese)
• 冒煙／冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial)
• 動怒／动怒 (dòngnù)
• 受氣／受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien)
• 嗔怒 (chēnnù)
• 大怒 (dànù)
• 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 威怒 (wēinù) (literary)
• 尥蹶子 (liàojuězi)
• 𡳞火 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial)
• 忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary)
• 急 (jí)
• 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
• 惱怒／恼怒 (nǎonù)
• 惹氣／惹气 (rěqì)
• 惱火／恼火 (nǎohuǒ)
• 戳火 (cuah⁴ hue²) (Jin)
• 掛氣／挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal)
• 暴怒 (bàonù) (to explode in anger)
• 有氣／有气 (yǒuqì)
• 氣／气
• 氣惱／气恼 (qìnǎo)
• 火大 (huǒdà)
• 火癀 (Hokkien)
• 燒色／烧色 (chiáu-să̤) (Northern Min)
• 爆氣／爆气
• 犯脾氣／犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial)
• 狂怒 (kuángnù) (to explode in anger)
• 生氣／生气 (shēngqì)
• 癀發／癀发 (Hokkien)
• 發呴／发呴 (⁷faq ¹heu) (Wu)
• 發性地／发性地 (Hokkien)
• 發火／发火 (fāhuǒ)
• 發癀／发癀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 發老脾／发老脾 (faat³ lou⁵ pei^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 發脾四／发脾四 (faat³ pei⁴ sei³) (Cantonese)
• 發脾氣／发脾气 (fā píqi)
• 發臉／发脸 (Hokkien)
• 發輦／发辇 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 發飆／发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial)
• 盛怒 (shèngnù)
• 耍態度／耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial)
• 耍脾氣／耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi)
• 苦氣／苦气 (Hokkien)
• 見氣／见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Pingxiang Gan, Wu, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang, Pingxiang Gan)
• 起性地 (Hokkien)
• 起火
• 起花光 (kī-huă-guŏng) (Eastern Min)
• 震怒 (zhènnù)
• 鬧脾氣／闹脾气 (nào píqi)

 

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 起性

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) simply; just

Synonyms

• 乾脆／干脆 (gāncuì)
• (Min Nan) 起性地

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