情性

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Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (情性)		情	性
simp. ^#(情性)		情	性
anagram		性情

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíngxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ sing³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíngxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cíngsìng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing²-hsing⁴
  - Yale: chíng-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyngshinq
  - Palladius: цинсин (cinsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing⁴ sing³
  - Yale: chìhng sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/

Noun

情性

(literary) one's inherent nature
(literary) personality; nature; temperament; disposition
(literary) friendly regard; affection

Synonyms

(one's inherent nature):

天性 (tiānxìng)
常性 (chángxìng)
性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
性子 (xìngzi)
性情 (xìngqíng)
本性 (běnxìng)
本質／本质 (běnzhì)
氣性／气性
率性 (shuàixìng) (literary)
理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
癖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
癖鼻 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
秉性 (bǐngxìng)
稟性／禀性 (bǐngxìng)
稟氣／禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
素性 (sùxìng)
脾氣／脾气
腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

(personality):

人格 (réngé)
個性／个性 (gèxìng)
性格 (xìnggé)
秉性 (bǐngxìng)

(friendly regard):

交情 (jiāoqíng)
友好 (yǒuhǎo)
友情 (yǒuqíng)
友誼／友谊 (yǒuyì)
寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
心意 (xīnyì)
恩意 (ēnyì) (literary)
情愛／情爱 (qíng'ài)
情意 (qíngyì)
情義／情义 (qíngyì)
情誼／情谊 (qíngyì)
意思

Japanese

Kanji in this term
情	性
じょう Grade: 5	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーせー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

情(じょう)性(せい) • (jōsei) ^{←じやうせい (zyausei)^?}

(psychology, psychiatry) affect (subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus)
- 2015, Uchiyama Ayako (内山(うちやま)絢(あや)子(こ)), 面白(おもしろ)いほどよくわかる！犯罪(はんざい)心(しん)理(り)学(がく) [Surprisingly understandable: Criminal psychology], Seitosha (西東(せいとう)社(しゃ)), →ISBN, page 80:
  
  情(じょう)性(せい)とは同(どう)情(じょう)や憐(あわ)れみ、親(した)しみ、思(おも)いやり、共(きょう)感(かん)、羞(しゅう)恥(ち)心(しん)など、人(ひと)としての感(かん)情(じょう)のことで、情(じょう)性(せい)欠(けつ)如(じょ)者(しゃ)とは、人(ひと)の心(こころ)を持(も)たないということになります。
  Jōsei to wa dōjō ya awaremi, shitashimi, omoiyari, kyōkan, shūchishin nado, hito to shite no kanjō no koto de, jōsei ketsujosha to wa, hito no kokoro o motanai to iu koto ni narimasu.
  Affect refers to human emotions, such as sympathy, pity, intimacy, consideration, empathy, and shame, so an affect-lacking person means one who does not have such human emotions.

See also

性(せい)情(じょう) (seijō, “nature, disposition”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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