# 記性
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jìxìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gei$^3$ sing$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei$^1$ lhen$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-sin
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kì-sèng / kì-sèⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gi$^3$ sên$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ci-shin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jìxìng → jìxing (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ → ㄐㄧˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jìsi̊ng
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^4$-hsing$^5$
*** Yale: jì-sying
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih.shinq
*** Palladius: цзисин (czisin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ɕiŋ¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (記性兒／记性儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jìxìngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jìsìngr
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^4$-hsing$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: jì-syìngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihshienql
*** Palladius: цзисинр (czisinr)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^3$ sing$^3$
*** Yale: gei sing
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^3$ sing$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^3$ xing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯³³ sɪŋ³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gei$^1$ lhen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei³³ ɬen³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-sin
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi xin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^4$ xin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ sin⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-sèng
*** Tâi-lô: kì-sìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiesexng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ki¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ²¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kì-sèⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: kì-sènn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiesvex
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²¹⁻⁵³ sɛ̃²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gi$^3$ sên$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kì sèⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /ki²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sẽ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ci-shin
*** MiniDict: ci$^去$ shin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$ji-xin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

### Noun

記性
* ability to remember; memory (as opposed to what is remembered)
    冇記性／冇记性 [Cantonese] ― mou$^5$ gei$^3$ sing$^3$ [Jyutping] ― forgetful

#### Synonyms

* 記憶力／记忆力 (jìyìlì)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 記憶力 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 記性 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 記憶力 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 記事鐘 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 記性 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 記心 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 記事鐘, 記性珠兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 記性 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 記性 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 耳性 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 耳性 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 記性 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 記性 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 記性, 耳性 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 記性, 耳性 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 記性 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 記性 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 記性, 記才 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 記性, 記才 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 記性, 記才 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 記性, 記才 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 記性, 記才 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 記性, 記才 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 記性 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 記性 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 記性 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 記心 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 記時 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 記池 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 記池, 記示 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 記池 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 記池 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 記池 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 記池 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 記性 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 記池 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 記性 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 記心 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 記性 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 記性 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 記性 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 記博, 記性 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 記心 |

#### Antonyms

* 忘性 (wàngxìng)