性情

Chinese

		sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (性情)		性	情
simp. ^#(性情)		性	情
anagram		情性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìngqíng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sing³ cing⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhen¹ den³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-chhìn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-chêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìngqíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìngcíng
  - Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-chʻing²
  - Yale: syìng-chíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqchyng
  - Palladius: синцин (sincin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ cing⁴
  - Yale: sing chìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ tsing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ qing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhen¹ den³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬen³³ ten²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-chhìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin qin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ qin²
  - Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ t͡sʰin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangzeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɪŋ²³/

Noun

性情

disposition; temper; temperament

Synonyms

天性 (tiānxìng)
常性 (chángxìng)
性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
性子 (xìngzi)
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)
素性 (sùxìng)
脾性 (píxìng)
脾氣 / 脾气
腸子 / 肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (性情):

→ Japanese: 性情(せいじょう) (seijō)
→ Korean: 성정(性情) (seongjeong)
→ Vietnamese: tính tình (性情)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
性	情
せい Grade: 5	じょう Grade: 5
kan'on	goon

Etymology

From Chinese 性情 (xìngqíng).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [se̞ːʑo̞ː]

Noun

性(せい)情(じょう) • (seijō)

disposition, nature

Korean

Hanja in this term
性	情

Noun

性情 • (seongjeong) (hangeul 성정)

hanja form^? of 성정 (“nature of a person; temperament”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
性	情

Noun

性情

chữ Hán form of tính tình (“disposition”)