性地

Chinese

		sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (性地)		性	地
simp. #(性地)		性	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ dei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-tē / sèng-tōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngdì
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: syìng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqdih
    • Palladius: синди (sindi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sing³ dei⁶
    • Yale: sing deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ tei̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 勝地／胜地 聖地／圣地

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tē
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangde
    • IPA (Penang): /seŋ²¹⁻³³ te²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ te³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangdoe
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tue³³/

Noun

性地

1. (literary or Southern Min) disposition; temperament; temper

Synonyms

• 天性 (tiānxìng)
• 常性 (chángxìng)
• 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)
• 素性 (sùxìng)
• 脾氣／脾气
• 腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
• 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Min Nan)
• 發性地／发性地 (hoat-sìng-tē) (Min Nan)

 

References

• “Entry #3915”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.