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Chinese
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roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word) |
sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
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simp. and trad.
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Pronunciation
Noun
本性
- one's inherent nature
Synonyms
- 天性 (tiānxìng)
- 常性 (chángxìng)
- 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
- 性子 (xìngzi)
- 性情 (xìngqíng)
- 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
- 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)
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation 1
Noun
本性 • (honshō)
- one's inherent nature
Pronunciation 2
Noun
本性 • (honsei)
- one's inherent nature
Korean
Noun
本性 • (bonseong) (hangeul 본성)
- hanja form? of 본성 (“one's inherent nature”)
Vietnamese
Noun
本性
- chữ Hán form of bản tính (“inherent nature; character”).