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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phín-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pǐnxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pǐnsìng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: pǐn-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piinshinq
    • Palladius: пиньсин (pinʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ban² sing³
    • Yale: bán sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban² sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben² xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn³⁵ sɪŋ³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 品性 稟性 / 禀性

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phín-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: phín-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phynsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/

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

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• 人品 (rénpǐn)
• 人格 (réngé)
• 品德 (pǐndé)
• 品格 (pǐngé)
• 品行 (pǐnxíng)
• 品質 / 品质 (pǐnzhì)
• 履行 (lǚxíng) (literary)
• 持守 (chíshǒu) (literary)
• 操守 (cāoshǒu)
• 操持 (cāochí)
• 操行 (cāoxíng) (usually of a student at school)
• 行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
• 誠信 / 诚信 (chéngxìn)
• 質地 / 质地 (zhìdì)
• 骨 (figurative)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (品性):

• → Japanese: 品性(ひんせい) (hinsei)
• → Korean: 품성(品性) (pumseong)
• → Vietnamese: phẩm tính (品性)

Japanese

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

Noun

品(ひん)性(せい) • (hinsei) 

1. character, personality