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xìng

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xìng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xìng | xing4
English translation
nature
character
property
quality
attribute
sexuality
sex
gender
suffix forming adjective from verb
suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity
essence
CL:
>[gè]
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective

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About xìng

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

xìng

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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Etymology of xìng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄生

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

shēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and shēng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xìng

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植物 zhíwù de 本性 běn xìng shì Xiàng shǎng tǐng cuàn 争取 zhēngqǔ 阳光 yángguāng .

It's the nature of plants to strain upwards to the light.

因此 yīncǐ dāng 互补 hù bǔ 染色体 rǎn sè tǐ 丢失 diū shī shí , jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng 恶性 è xìng fēn .

Maligrant segregants may, therefore, arise when complementing chromosomes are lost.

分生孢子 bāo zǐ shì 真菌 zhēn jūn de 特征 tèzhēng ,无性 wú xìng 繁殖 fánzhí de 单位 dānwèi .

Conidia are the characteristic asexual reproductive units of fungi.

我们 wǒmen zǒng 憋着性子 xìng zi ,好象 hǎo xiàng 人人 rén rén dōu zài gēn 我们 wǒmen 闹别扭 nào biè niu .

We used to suffer and act as though everybody was against us.

中微子实 zǐ shí yàn 已经 yǐjīng gěi le 我们 wǒmen 许多 xǔduō 关于 guānyú kuā 性质 xìngzhì de 知识 zhīshi .

Neutrino experiments have yielded much of our information on the properties of quarks.

Words with xìng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xìng nature xìng
女性 nǚ xìng woman女性 nǚ xìng
性感 xìnggǎn sex appeal性感 xìnggǎn
同性恋 tóng xìng liàn homosexuality同性戀
个性 gèxìng individuality個性
男性 nán xìng a male男性 nán xìng
可能性 kě néng xìng possibility可能性 kě néng xìng
性格 xìnggé nature性格 xìnggé
性能 xìngnéng function性能 xìngnéng
性质 xìngzhì nature性質
理性 lǐ xìng reason理性 lǐ xìng
性命 xìngmìng life性命 xìngmìng
性爱 xìng aì sex性愛
人性 rénxìng human nature人性 rénxìng
异性 yì xìng the opposite sex異性
阳性 yáng xìng positive陽性
特性 tè xìng property特性 tè xìng
活性 huó xìng active活性 huó xìng
性别 xìngbié gender性別
积极性 jī jí xìng zeal積極性
急性 jí xìng acute急性 jí xìng
一次性 yī cì xìng one-time一次性 yī cì xìng
重要性 zhòng yào xìng importance重要性 zhòng yào xìng
慢性 mànxìng slow and patient慢性 mànxìng
本性 běn xìng nature本性 běn xìng

xìng Decomposition & Compounds

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xìng Decomposition

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