油性

Chinese

		oil; sly	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (油性)		油	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóuxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ sing³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yóuxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yóusìng
  - Wade–Giles: yu²-hsing⁴
  - Yale: yóu-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youshinq
  - Palladius: юсин (jusin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    油性
    遊興 / 游兴
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ sing³
  - Yale: yàuh sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: iû-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iusexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

油性

oil-based; lipophilic

Noun

油性

oiliness

Japanese

Kanji in this term
油	性
ゆ Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆせー [yùséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟se̞ː]

Noun

油(ゆ)性(せい) • (yusei)

oil-based
Antonym: 水性

Derived terms

油性(ゆせい)ペン (yuseipen, “permanent marker”)
油性塗料(ゆせいとりょう) (yuseitoryō, “oil-based paint”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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.