情性

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (情性)		情	性
simp. #(情性)		情	性
anagram		性情

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíngxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíngxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíngsìng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²-hsing⁴
    • Yale: chíng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngshinq
    • Palladius: цинсин (cinsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ sing³
    • Yale: chìhng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/

Noun

情性

1. (literary) one's inherent nature
2. (literary) personality; nature; temperament; disposition
3. (literary) friendly regard; affection

Synonyms

• (one's inherent nature):

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• 天性 (tiānxìng)
• 常性 (chángxìng)
• 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
• 性子 (xìngzi)
• 性情 (xìngqíng)
• 本性 (běnxìng)
• 本質／本质 (běnzhì)
• 氣性／气性
• 率性 (shuàixìng) (literary)
• 理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 癖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 癖鼻 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 秉性 (bǐngxìng)
• 稟性／禀性 (bǐngxìng)
• 稟氣／禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
• 素性 (sùxìng)
• 脾氣／脾气
• 腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
• 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

• (personality):

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• 人格 (réngé)
• 個性／个性 (gèxìng)
• 性格 (xìnggé)
• 秉性 (bǐngxìng)

 

• (friendly regard):

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• 交情 (jiāoqíng)
• 友好 (yǒuhǎo)
• 友情 (yǒuqíng)
• 友誼／友谊 (yǒuyì)
• 寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
• 心意 (xīnyì)
• 恩意 (ēnyì) (literary)
• 情愛／情爱 (qíng'ài)
• 情意 (qíngyì)
• 情義／情义 (qíngyì)
• 情誼／情谊 (qíngyì)
• 意思

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
情	性
じょう Grade: 5	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょーせー [jòóséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

情(じょう)性(せい) • (jōsei) ^{←じやうせい (zyausei)?}

1. (psychology, psychiatry) affect (subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus)
   • 2015, Uchiyama Ayako (内山(うちやま)絢(あや)子(こ)), 面白(おもしろ)いほどよくわかる！犯罪(はんざい)心(しん)理(り)学(がく), Seitosha (西東(せいとう)社(しゃ)), →ISBN, page 80:

     情(じょう)性(せい)とは同(どう)情(じょう)や憐(あわ)れみ、親(した)しみ、思(おも)いやり、共(きょう)感(かん)、羞(しゅう)恥(ち)心(しん)など、人(ひと)としての感(かん)情(じょう)のことで、情(じょう)性(せい)欠(けつ)如(じょ)者(しゃ)とは、人(ひと)の心(こころ)を持(も)たないということになります。

     Jōsei to wa dōjō ya awaremi, shitashimi, omoiyari, kyōkan, shūchishin nado, hito to shite no kanjō no koto de, jōsei ketsujosha to wa, hito no kokoro o motanai to iu koto ni narimasu.

     Affect refers to human emotions, such as sympathy, pity, intimacy, consideration, empathy, and shame, so an affect-lacking person means one who does not have such human emotions.

See also

• 性(せい)情(じょう) (seijō, “nature, disposition”)