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Chinese
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to lead; command; rate to lead; command; rate; frequency |
sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
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simp. and trad.
(率性)
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率
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性
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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率
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性
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| Reading #
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4/4
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shuài
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xìng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ srwit ›
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‹ sjengH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s-rut/
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/*seŋ-s/
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| English
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follow, go along
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nature
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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率
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性
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| Reading #
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3/3
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1/1
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| No.
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8608
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11358
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Phonetic
component
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率
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生
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Rime
group
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物
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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率
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性
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Old
Chinese
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/*srud/
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/*sleŋs/
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| Notes
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原列質韻
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Verb
率性
- (Classical) to act according to one's nature; to follow one's nature
天命之謂性，率性之謂道，修道之謂教。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
天命之谓性，率性之谓道，修道之谓教。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Tiānmìng zhī wèi xìng, shuàixìng zhī wèi dào, xiūdào zhī wèi jiào.
- What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction.
率性而行謂之道，得其天性謂之德。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
率性而行谓之道，得其天性谓之德。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
- Shuàixìng ér xíng wèi zhī dào, dé qí tiānxìng wèi zhī dé.
- The Tao means acting in accordance with one's nature, and the Te refers to the attainment of the nature that is truly natural.
Adjective
率性
- willful; headstrong; self-willed
Synonyms
Adverb
率性
- might as well; simply; just
Synonyms
- 不妨 (bùfáng)
- 乾脆 / 干脆 (gāncuì)
- 以莫 (i3 mo) (Xiang)
- 勿妨 (6veq8-faon) (Wu)
- 印信 (Hokkien)
- 左莫 (zo3 mo) (Xiang)
- 索性
- 巡經 / 巡经 (sen2 jin1) (Xiang)
Noun
率性
- (literary) one's nature; disposition
Synonyms
- 天性 (tiānxìng)
- 常性 (chángxìng)
- 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
- 性子 (xìngzi)
- 性情 (xìngqíng)
- 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
- 本性 (běnxìng)
- 本質 / 本质 (běnzhì)
- 氣性 / 气性
- 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)