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性

xìng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character Measure word 个

性 (xìng) means "nature; character; property". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 性 means

1. nature
2. character
3. property
4. quality
5. attribute
6. sexuality
7. sex
8. gender
9. suffix forming adjective from verb
10. suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity
11. essence

Example sentences

• 你狠性感。
  Nǐ hěn xìnggǎn.
  You are very sexy.
• 我没耐性。
  Wǒ méi nàixìng.
  I have no patience.
• 我是跨性别
  I'm transgender.
• 他性感得很。
  Tāxìng gǎn dehěn.
  He's very sexy.
• 他非常性感。
  Tā fēicháng xìnggǎn.
  He's very sexy.
• 他天性善良。
  Tā tiānxìng shànliáng.
  He's good by nature.

Words starting with 性

• 性格xìng génature; disposition; temperament
• 性别xìng biésex; gender
• 性质xìng zhìnature; characteristic
• 性感xìng gǎnsex appeal; eroticism; sexuality
• 性能xìng néngfunction; performance; behavior
• 性命xìng mìnglife
• 性情xìng qíngnature; temperament
• 性爱xìng àisex; lovemaking
• 性生活xìng shēng huósex life
• 性欲xìng yùsexual desire; lust
• 性交xìng jiāosexual intercourse
• 性子xìng zitemper
• 性行为xìng xíng wéisexual behavior
• 性教育xìng jiào yùsex education
• 性价比xìng jià bǐcost-performance ratio
• 性病xìng bìngsexually transmitted disease; venereal disease
• 性骚扰xìng sāo rǎosexual harassment
• 性关系xìng guān xisexual relations; sexual contact; intercourse
• 性急xìng jíimpatient
• 性器官xìng qì guānsexual organ
• 性事xìng shìsex
• 性地xìng dìinnate quality; natural disposition
• 性行xìng xíngsexual activity
• 性工作xìng gōng zuòemployment as sex worker; prostitution

Words containing 性

• 个性gè xìngindividuality; personality
• 女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex
• 人性rén xìnghuman nature; humanity; human
• 索性suǒ xìngyou might as well (do it); simply; just
• 弹性tán xìngflexibility; elasticity
• 任性rèn xìngwillful; headstrong; unruly
• 慢性màn xìngslow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
• 记性jì xingmemory (ability to retain information)
• 男性nán xìngthe male sex; a male
• 理性lǐ xìngreason; rationality; rational
• 可能性kě néng xìngpossibility; probability
• 同性恋tóng xìng liànhomosexuality; gay person; gay love
• 真实性zhēn shí xìngauthenticity; truthfulness; veracity
• 重要性zhòng yào xìngimportance
• 特性tè xìngproperty; characteristic
• 异性yì xìngthe opposite sex; of the opposite sex; heterosexual
• 属性shǔ xìngattribute; property
• 一次性yī cì xìngone-off (offer); one-time; single-use
• 本性běn xìngnatural instincts; nature; inherent quality
• 积极性jī jí xìngzeal; initiative; enthusiasm
• 天性tiān xìngnature; innate tendency
• 代表性dài biǎo xìngrepresentativeness; representative; typical
• 创造性chuàng zào xìngcreativeness; creativity
• 针对性zhēn duì xìngfocus; direction; purpose

Characters built on 生

These share the phonetic component 生 (shēng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 星xīngstar; heavenly body; satellite
• 姓xìngfamily name; surname; to be surnamed ...
• 旌jīngbanner; make manifest

Characters that look like 性

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 怪guàiodd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange…
• 坡pōslope; sloping; slanted
• 拨bōto push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate
• 披pīto drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 牲shēngdomestic animal; sacrificial animal
• 帧zhēnframe; classifier for paintings etc; Taiwan pr. zhèng

Sounds the same

Read xìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 兴feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
• 姓family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
• 幸trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit
• 杏apricot; (bound form) almond
• 悻angry
• 荇yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
• 臖to swell; swelling
• 莕Nymphoides peltatum
• 涬watery expanse
• 婞upright
• 嬹old variant of 兴

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xìng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.