定性

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (定性)		定	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìngxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ sing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thin-sin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tēng-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngsìng
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: dìng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqshinq
    • Palladius: динсин (dinsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ sing³
    • Yale: dihng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin-sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin xin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tin⁴ xin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵ sin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: tīng-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexngsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/

Verb

定性

1. to determine the nature (of an error, mistake, incident, crime, etc.)
2. to profile; to engage in profiling
3. (chemistry) to determine the chemical makeup and properties (of something)

Adjective

定性

1. (attributive) qualitative

   定性研究  ―  dìngxìng yánjiū  ―  qualitative study

Derived terms

• 定性分析 (dìngxìng fēnxī)
• 種族定性／种族定性 (zhǒngzú dìngxìng)

 

See also

• 定量 (dìngliàng)