陽性

See also: 阳性

Chinese

		positive (electric.); sun; male	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (陽性)		陽	性
simp. (阳性)		阳	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ sing³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iông-sèng / iâng-sèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iang⁵ sên³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángsìng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-hsing⁴
    • Yale: yáng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangshinq
    • Palladius: янсин (jansin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ sing³
    • Yale: yèuhng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: iông-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongsexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâng-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: iâng-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iangsexng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iang⁵ sên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâng sèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ²¹³/

Noun

陽性

1. (medicine) positivity (on a test)

   呈陽性／呈阳性  ―  chéng yángxìng  ―  to be positive (on a test)

2. (linguistics) masculine gender

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “positivity”): 陰性／阴性 (yīnxìng)
• (antonym(s) of “masculine gender”): 陰性／阴性 (yīnxìng)

Derived terms

• 偽陽性／伪阳性 (wěiyángxìng)
• 假陽性／假阳性 (jiǎyángxìng)
• 弱陽性／弱阳性 (ruòyángxìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陽	性
よう Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Adjective

陽(よう)性(せい) • (yōsei) 

1. positive

Noun

陽(よう)性(せい) • (yōsei) 

1. positive

Antonyms

• 陰性

Korean

Hanja in this term
陽	性

Noun

陽性 • (yangseong) (hangeul 양성)

1. hanja form^? of 양성 (“positive; masculine gender”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
陽	性

Adjective

陽性

1. chữ Hán form of dương tính (“positive”).