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

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:
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    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

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)

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)

character, personality

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