二重性

Chinese

		double; twofold; dual	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (二重性)		二重	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èrchóngxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ cung⁴ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èrchóngxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èrchóngsìng
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴-chʻung²-hsing⁴
    • Yale: èr-chúng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ellchorngshinq
    • Palladius: эрчунсин (erčunsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶ cung⁴ sing³
    • Yale: yih chùhng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ tsung⁴ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ cung⁴ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/

Noun

二重性

1. duality; dual nature

   • 匈牙利事件不是好事，這是大家清楚的。但是它也有二重性。由於匈牙利的同志們在事件的發展過程中間處理得正確，結果匈牙利事件由壞事轉變成了一件好事。 [MSC, trad.]
     匈牙利事件不是好事，这是大家清楚的。但是它也有二重性。由于匈牙利的同志们在事件的发展过程中间处理得正确，结果匈牙利事件由坏事转变成了一件好事。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Xiōngyálì shìjiàn bù shì hǎoshì, zhè shì dàjiā qīngchǔ de. Dànshì tā yě yǒu 'èrchóngxìng. Yóuyú Xiōngyálì de tóngzhìmen zài shìjiàn de fāzhǎn guòchéng zhōngjiān chǔlǐ de zhèngquè, jiéguǒ Xiōngyálì shìjiàn yóu huàishì zhuǎnbiàn chéng le yī jiàn hǎoshì. [Pinyin]

     Everybody knows that the Hungarian incident was not a good thing. But it too had a dual character. Because our Hungarian comrades took proper action in the course of the incident, what was a bad thing has eventually turned into a good one.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	重	性
に Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

二重 twofold + 性 nature

Noun

二(に)重(じゅう)性(せい) • (nijūsei) 

1. (rare) duality