根性

Chinese

		radical (chem.); root; basis	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (根性)		根	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēnxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄣㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ sing³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kin-sèng / kun-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gēnxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄣㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gensìng
  - Wade–Giles: kên¹-hsing⁴
  - Yale: gēn-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genshinq
  - Palladius: гэньсин (gɛnʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan¹ sing³
  - Yale: gān sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-sèng / kun-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: kin-sìng / kun-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kinsexng, kunsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/, /kun⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kin³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/, /kun³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/, /kun⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ¹¹/, /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/, /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

根性

one's nature; one's disposition

Derived terms

劣根性 (liègēnxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
根	性
こん Grade: 3	しょう > じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こんじょー [kóꜜǹjòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Noun

根(こん)性(じょう) • (konjō)

guts, willpower, spirit, grit
根性(こんじょう)なし！
Konjō nashi!
coward!/loser!
one's nature, one's disposition

Derived terms

根性(こんじょう)を入(い)れ換(か)える (konjō o irekaeru)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
根	性

Noun

根性 • (geunseong) (hangeul 근성)

Hanja form^? of 근성 (“nature, disposition; guts”).

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