良性

Chinese

		good; very; very much	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (良性)		良	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liángxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liông-sèng / liâng-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liángxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liángsìng
    • Wade–Giles: liang²-hsing⁴
    • Yale: lyáng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangshinq
    • Palladius: лянсин (ljansin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴ sing³
    • Yale: lèuhng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: liông-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongsexng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: liâng-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liangsexng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

良性

1. (attributive) positive; virtuous; healthy (competition)

   良性互動／良性互动  ―  liángxìng hùdòng  ―  positive interaction

   良性競爭／良性竞争  ―  liángxìng jìngzhēng  ―  healthy competition

2. (medicine, attributive) benign (tumor)

   這個腫瘤是良性的還是惡性的？ [MSC, trad.]
   这个肿瘤是良性的还是恶性的？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè ge zhǒngliú shì liángxìng de háishì èxìng de? [Pinyin]

   Is this tumor benign or malignant?

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “positive”): 惡性／恶性 (èxìng)
• (antonym(s) of “benign”): 惡性／恶性 (èxìng)

Derived terms

• 良性循環 / 良性循环 (liángxìng xúnhuán)
• 良性腫瘤 / 良性肿瘤 (liángxìng zhǒngliú)