素性

Chinese

		plain; element	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (素性)		素	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùsìng
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-hsing⁴
  - Yale: sù-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhshinq
  - Palladius: сусин (susin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Noun

素性

disposition; temperament

Synonyms

天性 (tiānxìng)
常性 (chángxìng)
性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
性子 (xìngzi)
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)
脾氣／脾气
腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
素	性
す Grade: 5	しょう > じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 素性 – see the following entry.

【すじょう】

[noun] parentage; heritage; origin

Alternative spellings
素姓, 素生, 種姓

(This term, 素性, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
素	性
そ Grade: 5	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そせー [sòséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞se̞ː]

Noun

素(そ)性(せい) • (sosei) ^{←そせい (sosei)^?}

(linguistics) feature

References

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

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