水性

Chinese

		water; river	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (水性)		水	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěisìng
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: shwěi-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishinq
    • Palladius: шуйсин (šujsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² sing³
    • Yale: séui sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuysexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

水性

1. swimming ability
2. characteristics of a body of water

Adjective

水性

1. (attributive) aqueous; water-based

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水性):

• → Japanese: 水性(すいせい) (suisei)
• → Korean: 수성(水性) (suseong)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	性
すい Grade: 1	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すいせー [sùíséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨise̞ː]

Noun

水(すい)性(せい) • (suisei) 

1. the quality of being aqueous, water-based, or water-soluble

Antonyms

• 油(ゆ)性(せい) (yusei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	性
みず Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 5
yutōyomi

Noun

水(みず)性(しょう) • (mizushō) 

1. feminine flirtiness or fickleness