HSK 6 · Science

性能 xìngnéng “performance” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 性能 means

  1. performance
  2. function (of a machine)
  3. function
  4. behaviour

How to say 性能

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale性xìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale能néng2nd tone, rising

性能 in a sentence

  1. 一个应用的架构直接关系到它的整体性能。

    Yí ge yìngyòng de jiàgòu zhíjiē guānxi dào tā de zhěngtǐ xìngnéng.

    An app’s architecture directly affects its overall performance.

    Sentence #2915553 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 性能 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 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.

The character 能 (néng) with each of its parts in a different colour
能néngcan
  • 厶private · sī
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
  • 匕spoon · bǐ
  • 匕spoon · bǐ

Memory aidDrawn from a bear. It was borrowed for “can, be able to”.

How to write 性能

性 8 strokes · 能 10 strokes

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

Words related to 性能

Words with 性

性xìng · (suffix) -ness性别xìngbié · gender性格xìnggé · nature个性gèxìng · individuality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)

Words with 能

能néng · can可能kěnéng · maybe只能zhǐnéng · can only能力nénglì · capability能够nénggòu · to be able to能干nénggàn · capable能源néngyuán · energy功能gōngnéng · function职能zhínéng · function能量néngliàng · energy

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FAQs

性能 (xìngnéng) means “performance” or “function (of a machine)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xìngnéng: xìng with a 4th tone, then néng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 性能 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingneng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 性能 from the suggestions. Typing xingneng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
性能 is an HSK 6 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.