本性

Chinese

		roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (本性)		本	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² sing³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pún-sin
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pún-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běnxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běnsìng
  - Wade–Giles: pên³-hsing⁴
  - Yale: běn-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenshinq
  - Palladius: бэньсин (bɛnʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² sing³
  - Yale: bún sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ sɪŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pún-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: bun` xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bun³ xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pun³¹ sin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: pún-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pwnsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

本性

one's inherent nature

Synonyms

天性 (tiānxìng)
常性 (chángxìng)
性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
性子 (xìngzi)
性情 (xìngqíng)
情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
本質／本质 (běnzhì)
氣性／气性
率性 (shuàixìng) (literary)
理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
癖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
癖鼻 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
秉性 (bǐngxìng)
稟性／禀性 (bǐngxìng)
稟氣／禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
素性 (sùxìng)
脾氣／脾气
腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Derived terms

江山易改，本性難移／江山易改，本性难移 (jiāngshān yì gǎi, běnxìng nán yí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
本	性
ほん Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

Noun

本(ほん)性(しょう) • (honshō)

one's inherent nature

Kanji in this term
本	性
ほん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): [hõ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

本(ほん)性(せい) • (honsei)

one's inherent nature

Korean

Hanja in this term
本	性

Noun

本性 • (bonseong) (hangeul 본성)

Hanja form^? of 본성 (“one's inherent nature”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
本	性

Noun

本性

chữ Hán form of bản tính (“inherent nature; character”).

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