脾性
Chinese
| spleen | sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (脾性) | 脾 | 性 | |
| simp. #(脾性) | 脾 | 性 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: píxìng
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: písìng
- Wade–Giles: pʻi2-hsing4
- Yale: pí-syìng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyishinq
- Palladius: писин (pisin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: pei4 sing3
- Yale: pèih sing
- Cantonese Pinyin: pei4 sing3
- Guangdong Romanization: péi4 xing3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰei̯²¹ sɪŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
脾性
- temperament; disposition
- 也別論遠近親戚，什麼窮啊富的，只要深知那姑娘的脾性兒好，模樣兒周正的就好。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
- Yě biélùn yuǎnjìn qīnqī, shénme qióng a fù de, zhǐyào shēnzhī nà gūniáng de píxìngr hǎo, móyàngr zhōuzhèng de jiù hǎo. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
也别论远近亲戚，什么穷啊富的，只要深知那姑娘的脾性儿好，模样儿周正的就好。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
- 天性 (tiānxìng)
- 常性 (chángxìng)
- 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
- 性子 (xìngzi)
- 性情 (xìngqíng)
- 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)
- 脾氣 / 脾气
- 腸子 / 肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
- 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)