根性

Chinese

		radical (chem.); root; basis	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (根性)		根	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēnxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kin-sèng / kun-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēnxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gensìng
    • Wade–Giles: kên¹-hsing⁴
    • Yale: gēn-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: genshinq
    • Palladius: гэньсин (gɛnʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹ sing³
    • Yale: gān sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-sèng / kun-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: kin-sìng / kun-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kinsexng, kunsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/, /kun⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kin³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/, /kun³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/, /kun⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ¹¹/, /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/, /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

根性

1. one's nature; one's disposition

Derived terms

• 劣根性 (liègēnxìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
根	性
こん Grade: 3	しょう > じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​んじょー [kóꜜǹjòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Noun

根(こん)性(じょう) • (konjō) 

1. guts, willpower, spirit, grit

   根性(こんじょう)なし！

   Konjō nashi!

   coward!/loser!

2. one's nature, one's disposition

Derived terms

• 根性(こんじょう)を入(い)れ換(か)える (konjō o irekaeru)

Korean

Hanja in this term
根	性

Noun

根性 • (geunseong) (hangeul 근성)

1. Hanja form^? of 근성 (“nature, disposition; guts”).