品性

品性

Chinese

		conduct; grade; thing conduct; grade; thing; product; good	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (品性)		品	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pǐnxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban² sing³
• Min Nan (POJ): phín-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pǐnxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piinshinq
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: ban² sing³
    • Yale: bán sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban² sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben² xing³
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐn³⁵ sɪŋ³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 品性 稟性／禀性

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phín-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: phín-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phynsexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Noun

品性

1. moral character; nature; personality

   • 誠偽是品性，卻又是態度。從前論人誠偽，大概就品性而言。 [MSC, trad.]
     诚伪是品性，却又是态度。从前论人诚伪，大概就品性而言。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 《論誠意》

     Chéngwěi shì pǐnxìng, què yòu shì tàidù. Cóngqián lùn rén chéngwěi, dàgài jiù pǐnxìng éryán. [Pinyin]

     Sincerity and hypocrisy make up our moral character, but they also inform our attitude. In the past, when talking of sincerity and hypocrisy, discussions centred mostly on moral character.

Synonyms

• 品質／品质 (pǐnzhì)
• 性格 (xìnggé)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
品	性
ひん Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

品性 (hiragana ひんせい, rōmaji hinsei)

1. character, personality