先天性

Chinese

		nature; congenital; inherited nature; congenital; inherited; innate; inborn	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (先天性)		先天	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāntiānxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ tin¹ sing³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-thian-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāntiānxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siantiansìng
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tʻien¹-hsing⁴
  - Yale: syān-tyān-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantianshinq
  - Palladius: сяньтяньсин (sjanʹtjanʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ tin¹ sing³
  - Yale: sīn tīn sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tin¹ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ tin¹ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thian-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: sian-thian-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sientiensexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ tʰiɛn³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

先天性

(often attributive) innateness; congenitality

Derived terms

先天性心臟病 / 先天性心脏病 (xiāntiānxìng xīnzàngbìng)
先天性異常 / 先天性异常
先天性畸形

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	天	性
せん Grade: 1	てん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

先天 (“congenital”) +‎ 性 (“nature of”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんてんせー [sèńtéńséé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ntẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

先(せん)天(てん)性(せい) • (sentensei)

hereditary, congenital