定性

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilise; to order	sex; nature; surname sex; nature; surname; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (定性)		定	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìngxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ sing³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thin-sin
Min Nan (POJ): tēng-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dìngxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqshinq
  - IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding⁶ sing³
  - Yale: dihng sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ xing³
  - IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² sɪŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: tin xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tin⁴ xin⁴
  - IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: tīng-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexngsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Verb

定性

to determine the nature (of an error, mistake, incident, crime, etc.)
(chemistry) to determine the chemical makeup and properties (of something)

Adjective

定性

(attributive) qualitative
定性研究 ― dìngxìng yánjiū ― qualitative study

Derived terms

定性分析 (dìngxìng fēnxī)

See also

定量 (dìngliàng)

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