陰性

See also: 阴性

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (陰性)		陰	性
simp. (阴性)		阴	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ sing³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): im-sèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): im¹ sên³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinsìng
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-hsing⁴
  - Yale: yīn-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inshinq
  - Palladius: иньсин (inʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ sing³
  - Yale: yām sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: im-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: imsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: im¹ sên³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: im sèⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /im³³⁻²³ sẽ²¹³/

Noun

陰性

(medicine) negativity (on a test)
呈陰性／呈阴性 ― chéng yīnxìng ― to be negative (on a test)

我做過核酸檢測了，結果是陰性的。 [MSC, trad.]
我做过核酸检测了，结果是阴性的。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ zuò guò hésuān jiǎncè le, jiéguǒ shì yīnxìng de. [Pinyin]
I have taken a nucleic acid test, and the result was negative.
(linguistics) feminine gender

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “negativity”): 陽性／阳性 (yángxìng)
(antonym(s) of “feminine gender”): 陽性／阳性 (yángxìng)

Derived terms

假陰性 / 假阴性 (jiǎyīnxìng)
偽陰性 / 伪阴性 (wěiyīnxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陰	性
いん Grade: S	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Adjective

陰(いん)性(せい) • (insei)

negative

Korean

Hanja in this term
陰	性

Noun

陰性 • (eumseong) (hangeul 음성)

hanja form^? of 음성 (“negative”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
陰	性

Adjective

陰性

chữ Hán form of âm tính (“negative”)