油性

Chinese

		oil; sly	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (油性)		油	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóuxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóusìng
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-hsing⁴
    • Yale: yóu-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youshinq
    • Palladius: юсин (jusin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ sing³
    • Yale: yàuh sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: iû-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iusexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

油性

1. oil-based; lipophilic

Noun

油性

1. oiliness

Japanese

Kanji in this term
油	性
ゆ Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆせー [yùséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝse̞ː]

Noun

油(ゆ)性(せい) • (yusei) 

1. oil-based

   Antonym: 水性

Derived terms

• 油性(ゆせい)ペン (yuseipen, “permanent marker”)
• 油性塗料(ゆせいとりょう) (yuseitoryō, “oil-based paint”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.