稟性

Chinese

		natural property or endowment; report to (a superior)	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (稟性)		稟	性
simp. (禀性)		禀	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐngxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ban² sing³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bin² lhen¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): péng-sèng / pín-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐngxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐngsìng
    • Wade–Giles: ping³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: bǐng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biingshinq
    • Palladius: бинсин (binsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 秉性 稟性／禀性

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ban² sing³
    • Yale: bán sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban² sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben² xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn³⁵ sɪŋ³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 品性 稟性／禀性

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bin² lhen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵ ɬen³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: péng-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: píng-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pefngsexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pín-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: pín-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pynsexng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/

Noun

稟性

1. one's nature; disposition

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)
• 稟氣／禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
• 素性 (sùxìng)
• 脾氣／脾气
• 腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
• 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 江山易改，稟性難移／江山易改，禀性难移
• 稟性難移／禀性难移