水性

Chinese

		water; river	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (水性)		水	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sing³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěisìng
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-hsing⁴
  - Yale: shwěi-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishinq
  - Palladius: шуйсин (šujsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² sing³
  - Yale: séui sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuysexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

水性

swimming ability
characteristics of a body of water

Adjective

水性

(attributive) aqueous; water-based

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水性):

→ Japanese: 水性(すいせい) (suisei)
→ Korean: 수성(水性) (suseong)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	性
すい Grade: 1	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいせー [sùíséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨise̞ː]

Noun

水(すい)性(せい) • (suisei)

the quality of being aqueous, water-based, or water-soluble^[2]

Antonyms

油(ゆ)性(せい) (yusei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	性
みず Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 5
yutōyomi

Noun

水(みず)性(しょう) • (mizushō)

feminine flirtiness or fickleness^[3]

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN