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Chinese
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plain; element
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sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
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simp. and trad.
(素性)
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素
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性
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Pronunciation
Noun
素性
- disposition; temperament
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
- 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)
- 脾氣／脾气
- 腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
- 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
Japanese
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 素性 – see the following entry.
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
素性 • (sosei) ←そせい (sosei)?
- (linguistics) feature
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