特性

特性

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (特性)		特	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tèxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ sing³
• Min Nan (POJ): tia̍k-sèng / te̍k-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tèxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehshinq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tèsìng
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak⁶ sing³
    • Yale: dahk sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ xing³
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² sɪŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍k-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diagsexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: degsexng
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Noun

特性

1. special property, characteristic or trait; peculiarity

Synonyms

• (of alcohol, drugs, etc.) 性子 (xìngzi)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
特	性
とく Grade: 4	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) とくせー [tòkúséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟̊ᵝse̞ː]

Noun

特性 (hiragana とくせい, rōmaji tokusei)

1. characteristic, peculiarity, property

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
特	性

Noun

特性 • (teukseong) (hangeul 특성)

1. Hanja form^? of 특성 (“characteristic”).