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阳性

yáng xìng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 陽性

阳性 (yáng xìng) means "positive; masculine". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 阳性 means

1. positive
2. masculine

The characters in 阳性

• 阳yángpositive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)
• 性xìngnature; character; property

Example sentences

• 我的血型是A型血阳性。
  Wǒ de xuèxíng shì A xíng xuè yángxìng.
  My blood type is A positive.
• 英文中没有阴阳性并不是因为英国人的文化偏向平等。
  Yīngwén zhōng méiyǒu yīnyáng xìng bìngbù shì yīnwèi Yīngguórén de wénhuà piānxiàng píngděng.
  The lack of gender in English is not due to the English having a more egalitarian culture.
• 快筛虽然方便，但仍有伪阳性或伪阴性的可能，不能完全取代 PCR 检测。
  Rapid tests are convenient, but there is still a possibility of false positives or false negatives, and they cannot fully replace PCR testing.

Words containing 阳性

• 假阳性jiǎ yáng xìngfalse positive
• 革兰阳性gé lán yáng xìngGram-positive (bacteria)
• 呈阳性chéng yáng xìngto test positive
• 伪阳性wěi yáng xìngfalse positive

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