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天性

tiān xìng

2-character word

What 天性 means

1. nature
2. innate tendency

The characters in 天性

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 性xìngnature; character; property

Example sentences

• 他天性善良。
  Tā tiānxìng shànliáng.
  He's good by nature.
• 它是人的天性。
  Tā shì rén de tiānxìng.
  It's human nature.
• 习惯是第二天性。
  Habit is second nature.

Words containing 天性

• 先天性xiān tiān xìngcongenital; intrinsic; innate
• 后天性hòu tiān xìngacquired (characteristic etc)
• 先天性缺陷xiān tiān xìng quē xiànbirth defect

Sounds the same

Read tiān xìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 天幸providential good luck; a narrow escape