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性子

xìng zi

2-character word

What 性子 means

1. temper

The characters in 性子

• 性xìngnature; character; property
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 我是个急性子。
  I'm impatient.
• 他是个慢性子。
  He is a slowcoach.
• 鲍勃已无法忍受她老婆的慢性子。
  Bob got impatient at his wife's delay.

Words containing 性子

• 急性子jí xìng ziimpetuous person; excitable person
• 使性子shǐ xìng zito lose one's temper
• 慢性子màn xìng zislow-tempered; phlegmatic; a slowcoach
• 煞性子shā xìng zito vent anger

Sounds the same

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

• 杏子apricot