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阴性

yīn xìng

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

阴性 (yīn xìng) means "negative; feminine". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 阴性 means

1. negative
2. feminine

The characters in 阴性

• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 性xìngnature; character; property

Example sentences

• 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 阴性

• 假阴性jiǎ yīn xìngfalse negative
• 呈阴性chéng yīn xìngto test negative
• 格兰氏阴性gé lán shì yīn xìngGram negative (of bacteria); also written 革兰氏阴性
• 革兰氏阴性Gé lán shì yīn xìngGram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
• 伪阴性wěi yīn xìngfalse negative

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