陽性

See also: 阳性

Chinese

		positive (electric.); sun; male	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (陽性)		陽	性
simp. (阳性)		阳	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yángxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ sing³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iông-sèng / iâng-sèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): iang⁵ sên³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yángxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yángsìng
  - Wade–Giles: yang²-hsing⁴
  - Yale: yáng-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangshinq
  - Palladius: янсин (jansin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ sing³
  - Yale: yèuhng sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: iông-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iongsexng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâng-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: iâng-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iangsexng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iang⁵ sên³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâng sèⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ²¹³/

Noun

陽性

(medicine) positivity (on a test)
呈陽性／呈阳性 ― chéng yángxìng ― to be positive (on a test)
(linguistics) masculine gender

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “positivity”): 陰性／阴性 (yīnxìng)
(antonym(s) of “masculine gender”): 陰性／阴性 (yīnxìng)

Derived terms

偽陽性 / 伪阳性 (wěiyángxìng)
假陽性 / 假阳性 (jiǎyángxìng)
弱陽性 / 弱阳性 (ruòyángxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陽	性
よう Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Adjective

陽(よう)性(せい) • (yōsei)

positive

Noun

陽(よう)性(せい) • (yōsei)

positive

Antonyms

陰性

Korean

Hanja in this term
陽	性

Noun

陽性 • (yangseong) (hangeul 양성)

hanja form^? of 양성 (“positive; masculine gender”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
陽	性

Adjective

陽性

chữ Hán form of dương tính (“positive”)