HSK 5 · Ideas

个性 gèxìng “individuality” in Chinese

Traditional 個性

What 个性 means

  1. individuality
  2. personality

How to say 个性

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale个gè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale性xìng4th tone, falling

个性 in a sentence

  1. 她有很强的个性。

    Tā yǒu hěn qiáng de gèxìng.

    She has a strong personality.

    Sentence #2031263 from Tatoeba

  2. 她开朗的个性使我觉得快乐。

    Tā kāilǎng de gèxìng shǐ wǒ juéde kuàilè.

    Her cheerful personality makes me happy.

    Sentence #772128 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我的个性还有很多方面是你不了解的。

    Wǒ de gèxìng hái yǒu hěn duō fāngmiàn shì nǐ bù liǎojiě de.

    There’s a lot about my personality that you don’t know.

    Sentence #811071 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 个性 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 个 (gè) with each of its parts in a different colour
个gèindividual
  • 人person · rén
  • 丨line · gǔn

Memory aidDrawn from a single stalk of bamboo: one item. It is now the everyday measure word.

The character 性 (xìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
性xìngnature
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 生life · shēngSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 生 (shēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xìng.

How to write 个性

个 3 strokes · 性 8 strokes

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个性 (gèxìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 个性 (gèxìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 个性

Words with 个

个gè · general measure word那个nàge · that one这个zhège · this one哪个nǎge · which one?个子gèzi · height个别gèbié · individual个人gèrén · individual整个zhěnggè · whole个体gètǐ · individual

Words with 性

性xìng · (suffix) -ness性别xìngbié · gender性格xìnggé · nature性质xìngzhì · nature慢性mànxìng · chronic (illness)性命xìngmìng · life (of a person or animal)任性rènxìng · wilful性感xìnggǎn · sexy记性jìxing · memory (ability to remember)弹性tánxìng · elasticity

More words: Ideas & Concepts

方式fāngshì · way范围fànwéi · range概念gàiniàn · concept个人gèrén · individual功能gōngnéng · function规矩guīju · rules规律guīlǜ · rule (e.g. of science)规模guīmó · scale

FAQs

个性 (gèxìng) means “individuality” or “personality”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gèxìng: gè with a 4th tone, then xìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 个性 is written 個性. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gexing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 个性 from the suggestions. Typing gexing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
个性 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.