硬性

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (硬性)		硬	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaang⁶ sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngǐ-sèng / ngī-sèng / ngē-sèng / ngēe-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngsìng
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: yìng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshinq
    • Palladius: инсин (insin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaang⁶ sing³
    • Yale: ngaahng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngang⁶ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːŋ²² sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǐ-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: ngǐ-sìng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋĩ²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngī-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: ngī-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngixsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋĩ³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngē-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: ngē-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngexsexng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋẽ³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngēe-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: ngēe-sìng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ̃²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

硬性

1. rigid; stiff; inflexible

Antonyms

• 軟性／软性 (ruǎnxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
硬	性
こう Grade: S	せい Grade: 5
kan’yōon	kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーせー [kòóséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

硬(こう)性(せい) • (kōsei) ^{←かうせい (kausei)?}

1. hardness, the quality of being hard or stiff
2. (of a person) rigidness, obstinance, being resistant to heeding the opinions of others

Derived terms

• 硬(こう)性(せい)癌(がん) (kōseigan)
• 硬(こう)性(せい)下(げ)疳(かん) (kōsei gekan)
• 硬(こう)性(せい)憲(けん)法(ぽう) (kōsei kenpō)

See also

• かたい (katai, “hard; stiff; rigid”, adjective)
• 軟(なん)性(せい) (nansei, “the quality of being soft; a flexible disposition”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
硬	性

Noun

硬性 • (gyeongseong) (hangeul 경성)

1. Hanja form^? of 경성.