水性

Chinese

water; river sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad.
(水性)

Pronunciation


Noun

水性

  1. swimming ability
  2. characteristics of a body of water

Adjective

水性

  1. (attributive) aqueous; water-based

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水性):
  • Japanese: 水性(すいせい) (suisei)
  • Korean: 수성(水性) (suseong)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いせー [sùíséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝise̞ː]

Noun

(すい)(せい) • (suisei) 

  1. the quality of being aqueous, water-based, or water-soluble[2]
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
みず
Grade: 1
しょう
Grade: 5
yutōyomi

Noun

(みず)(しょう) • (mizushō) 

  1. feminine flirtiness or fickleness[3]

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  3. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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