良性

良性

Chinese

		good; very; very much	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (良性)		良	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liángxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ sing³
• Min Nan (POJ): liông-sèng / liâng-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liángxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangshinq
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴ sing³
    • Yale: lèuhng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ xing³
    • IPA ^(key): /lœ̽ːŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: liông-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongsexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: liâng-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liangsexng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Noun

良性

1. good; positivity; virtuousness
2. (medicine) benignity (of a tumour)

Adjective

良性

1. positive; virtuous; healthy

   良性競爭 / 良性竞争  ―  liángxìng jìngzhēng  ―  healthy competition

2. (medicine) benign (of a tumour)

Antonyms

• 惡性／恶性 (èxìng)

Derived terms

良性循環／良性循环 (liángxìng xúnhuán)