良性

Chinese

		good; very; very much	sex; nature; surname sex; nature; surname; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (良性)		良	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liángxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ sing³
Min Nan (POJ): liâng-sèng / liông-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liángxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangshinq
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁴ sing³
  - Yale: lèuhng sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ xing³
  - IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-sèng / liông-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: liâng-sìng / liông-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liangsexng, liongsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²¹/, /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/, /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²¹/, /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/, /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ²¹/, /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Noun

良性

good; positivity; virtuousness
(medicine) benignity (of a tumour)

Adjective

良性

positive; virtuous
(medicine) benign (of a tumour)

Antonyms

惡性／恶性 (èxìng)

Derived terms

良性循環／良性循环 (liángxìng xúnhuán)

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