野性

野性

Chinese

		field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (野性)		野	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yěxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ sing³
• Min Nan (POJ): iá-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yěxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyieshinq
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ sing³
    • Yale: yéh sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ xing³
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ sɪŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: iá-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Noun

野性

1. wildness; wild nature

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	性
や Grade: 2	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

野 (wild) + 性 (nature)

Noun

野性 (hiragana やせい, rōmaji yasei)

1. wildness, wild nature

Compounds

• 野生動物 (やせいどうぶつ) (yasei dōbutsu): wild animal

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Korean

Hanja in this term
野	性

Noun

野性 • (yaseong) (hangeul 야성)

1. Hanja form^? of 야성 (“wildness; wild nature”).