特性

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (特性)		特	性
simp. #(特性)		特	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tèxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tia̍k-sèng / te̍k-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tèxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tèsìng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: tè-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehshinq
    • Palladius: тэсин (tɛsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak⁶ sing³
    • Yale: dahk sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍k-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diagsexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻² siɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: degsexng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

特性

1. special property, characteristic or trait; peculiarity

Synonyms

• 性子 (xìngzi) (of alcohol, drugs, etc.)
• 情調／情调 (qíngdiào)
• 格 (literary, or in compounds)
• 特徵／特征 (tèzhēng)
• 特色 (tèsè)
• 特點／特点 (tèdiǎn)
• 色彩 (sècǎi) (figurative)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
特	性
とく Grade: 4	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とくせー [tòkúséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟̊ᵝse̞ː]

Noun

特(とく)性(せい) • (tokusei) 

1. characteristic, peculiarity, property

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
特	性

Noun

特性 • (teukseong) (hangeul 특성)

1. Hanja form^? of 특성 (“characteristic”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
特	性

Adjective

特性

1. chữ Hán form of đặc tính (“characteristic; feature; peculiarity; trait”).