養性

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (養性)		養	性
simp. (养性)		养	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎngxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iáng-sèng / ióng-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎngsìng
    • Wade–Giles: yang³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: yǎng-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangshinq
    • Palladius: янсин (jansin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵ sing³
    • Yale: yéuhng sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáng-sèng / ióng-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: iáng-sìng / ióng-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafngsexng, iofngsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/, /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/, /iɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/, /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/, /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/, /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/

Verb

養性

1. to discipline one’s temperament