水性

Chinese

		water; river	sex; nature; surname sex; nature; surname; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (水性)		水	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sing³
Min Nan (POJ): chúi-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishinq
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² sing³
  - Yale: séui sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² xing³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɪŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuysexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Noun

水性

swimming ability
characteristics of a body of water

Adjective

水性

aqueous; water-based

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水性):

Japanese: 水性 (すいせい) (suisei)
Korean: 수성 (水性, suseong)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	性
すい Grade: 1	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

水性 (hiragana すいせい, rōmaji suisei)

the quality of being aqueous, water-based, or water-soluble^[1]

Antonyms

油 (ゆ)性 (せい) (yusei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	性
みず Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 5
yutōyomi

Noun

水性 (hiragana みずしょう, rōmaji mizushō)

feminine flirtiness or fickleness^[2]

References

↑ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
↑ 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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