性子

Chinese

		sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (性子)		性	子

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xìngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xin⁴ zi³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ zi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): xiang⁴ zi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shin-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: syìng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq.tzy
    • Palladius: синцзы (sinczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
    • Homophones:
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xin⁴ zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xin z
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sing³ zi²
    • Yale: sing jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 性子 聖子 / 圣子 聖旨 / 圣旨 蟶子 / 蛏子

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xiang⁴ zi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiaŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shin-zy
    • MiniDict: shin^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xin-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

性子

1. temper; disposition; temperament
2. (of alcohol, drugs etc) strength; potency

Synonyms

• (temperament):

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• 天性 (tiānxìng)
• 常性 (chángxìng)
• 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
• 性情 (xìngqíng)
• 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)

• (strength):

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• 情調 / 情调 (qíngdiào)
• 格 (literary, or in compounds)
• 特徵 / 特征 (tèzhēng)
• 特性 (tèxìng)
• 特色 (tèsè)
• 特點 / 特点 (tèdiǎn)
• 色彩 (sècǎi) (figurative)

Derived terms

• 使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
• 弄性子 (nòng xìngzi)
• 急性子 (jíxìngzi)
• 慢性子 (mànxìngzi)
• 暴性子 (bàoxìngzi)
• 火炮兒性子 / 火炮儿性子
• 由著性子來 / 由着性子来 (yóuzhe xìngzi lái)
• 逞性子 (chěng xìngzi)