多義性

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	justice; righteousness; meaning	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (多義性)		多	義	性
simp. (多义性)		多	义	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōyìxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ ji⁶ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōyìxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duoyìsìng
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-i⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: dwō-yì-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoyihshinq
    • Palladius: доисин (doisin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ ji⁶ sing³
    • Yale: dō yih sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ ji⁶ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ yi⁶ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ jiː²² sɪŋ³³/

Noun

多義性

1. (semantics) polysemy

Synonyms

• 一詞多義／一词多义 (yīcí duōyì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
多	義	性
た Grade: 2	ぎ Grade: 5	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

多(た)義(ぎ)性(せい) • (tagisei) 

1. (linguistics, semantics) polysemy, ambiguity, the quality of having more than one meaning

See also

• 多義(たぎ) (tagi, “polysemy, multiple meanings”)
• 多義語(たぎご) (tagigo, “polyseme, word with multiple meanings”)