野性

Chinese

		field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (野性)		野	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yěxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁵ sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iá-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yěxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yěsìng
    • Wade–Giles: yeh³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: yě-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeeshinq
    • Palladius: есин (jesin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁵ sing³
    • Yale: yéh sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁵ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁵ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː¹³ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iá-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: iá-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

野性

1. wildness; wild nature

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野	性
や Grade: 2	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

野 (wild) + 性 (nature)

Noun

野(や)性(せい) • (yasei) 

1. wildness, wild nature

Derived terms

• 野生動物(やせいどうぶつ) (yasei dōbutsu): wild animal

Korean

Hanja in this term
野	性

Noun

野性 • (yaseong) (hangeul 야성)

1. hanja form^? of 야성 (“wildness; wild nature”)