HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Connectives

性 xìng “(suffix) -ness” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 性 means

  1. (suffix) -ness
  2. -ity
  3. nature
  4. character
  5. property
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • quality
  • attribute
  • sexuality

Measure word 个 gè · 一个性 yí ge xìng

How to say 性

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

性 in a sentence

  1. 他强调了教育的重要性。

    Tā qiángdiào le jiàoyù de zhòngyàoxìng.

    He emphasised the importance of education.

    Sentence #1350119 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 今天没有任何下雨的可能性。

    Jīntiān méiyǒu rènhé xiàyǔ de kěnéngxìng.

    There’s no chance of rain today.

    Sentence #462004 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她的性格很像她母亲。

    Tā de xìnggé hěn xiàng tā mǔqīn.

    Her personality is a lot like her mother’s.

    Sentence #5672784 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 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 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 性

性 8 strokes

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

Words related to 性

Words with 性

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)弹性tánxìng · elasticity

More words: Connectives & Grammar Words

可kě · but有关yǒuguān · to be related to子zi · (common noun suffix)以下yǐxià · below并bìng · and之间zhījiān · between者zhě · (suffix) person who …自zì · from

FAQs

性 (xìng) means “(suffix) -ness” or “-ity”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it xìng: xìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 性 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one (suffix) -ness is 一个性 (yí ge xìng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 性 from the suggestions. Typing xing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
性 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older 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.