性 (sing3 | xing4) : nature, character; sex

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性

sing3

xing4

[1] nature; character; natural property; disposition; temper [2] a quality or property [3] sex

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

性

This word has been viewed 18811 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Jul 2009 07:33

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兩性 loeng5 sing3 liang3 xing4 = the two sexes; ambisexuality

男性 naam4 sing3 nan2 xing4 = male gender

女性 neoi5 sing3 nv3 xing4 = female sex

性別 sing3 bit6 xing4 bie2 = gender

陽性 joeng4 sing3 yang2 xing4 = masculine

唔生性 m4 saang1 sing3 = not smart; unaware 粵

冇記性 mou5 gei3 sing3 = forgetful 粵

記性 gei3 sing3 ji4 xing4 = memory

性命 sing3 ming6 xing4 ming4 = life

性質 sing3 zat1 xing4 zhi4 = nature; quality
See all 301 compounds (CantoDict reports 323 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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我越老越冇記性。粵
As I get older, I get more forgetful.

你好記性。粵
You have a good memory.

生性啲啦! 粵
Behave yourself!

〝先進〞係咩詞性呀？／係一個形容詞粵
What part of speech does "先進" belong to? / It's an adjective.
[Lit. "advanced" is what part-of-speech [particle]? / is one [counter] adjective.]

呢個實驗最緊要係記性粵
It's vital to remember what you're doing in this experiment.
[Lit. this [counter] experiment[,] most important is memory Translated more directly: "the most important thing about this experiment is memory", but I don't think that's what's meant since the context is a chemistry experiment rather than psychology.]

他生性好奇, 甚麼事情都要研究一番。國
He is born curious and likes to look into every single thing.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 性
Unicode code for this character: U+6027 (off-site link)

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