人性

Chinese

		man; person; people	sex; nature; surname sex; nature; surname; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (人性)		人	性
alt. forms		儂性／侬性 (lâng-sèng) Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sing³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-sin
Min Nan (POJ): jîn-sèng / lîn-sèng / lâng-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rénxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshinq
  - IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ sing³
  - Yale: yàhn sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ xing³
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɪŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² xin⁴
  - IPA: /ɲin¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinsexng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin²³⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: lâng-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: langsexng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Noun

人性

human nature; humanity

Derived terms

人性化 (rénxìnghuà)

人性論／人性论 (rénxìnglùn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	性
じん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 人性 (ȵiɪn siᴇŋ^H).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) じんせー [jìńséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

人性 (hiragana じんせい, rōmaji jinsei)

human nature

Derived terms

人性論的証明 (じんせいろんてきしょうめい) (jinseironteki shōmei, “anthropological argument”)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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