양성

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋsʰʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양성]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yangseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yangseong
McCune–Reischauer?	yangsŏng
Yale Romanization?	yangseng

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 陽性 (“positive, masculine”)

Noun

양성 • (yangseong) (hanja 陽性)

1. positivity
2. masculinity
   1. (linguistics) masculine gender

Antonyms

• 음성 (eumseong, “negativity; femininity”)

Derived terms

• 양성자 (yangseongja, “proton”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 兩性, from 兩 (“both”) + 性 (“sex”)

Noun

양성 • (yangseong) (hanja 兩性)

1. both sexes

Derived terms

• 양성애 (yangseong'ae, “bisexuality”)
• 양성성 (yangseongseong, “androgyny”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 兩性, from 兩 (“both”) + 性 (“-ness, nature”)

Noun

양성 • (yangseong) (hanja 兩性)

1. (chemistry) amphoterism; having the characteristics of both an acid and a base

Synonyms

• 양쪽성 (yangjjokseong)