# 性質
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xìngzhì, xìngzhí
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄓˋ, ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄓˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sing$^3$ zat$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-chṳt
* Eastern Min (BUC): séng-cék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-chit
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sên$^3$ zioh$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$shin-tseq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xìngzhì → xìngzhi (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄓˋ → ㄒㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄓ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìngjhi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: hsing$^4$-chih$^5$
*** Yale: syìng-jr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq.jyh
*** Palladius: синчжи (sinčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /ɕiŋ⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$性質／性质 興致／兴致
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xìngzhí
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄓˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìngjhíh
*** Wade–Giles: hsing$^4$-chih$^2$
*** Yale: syìng-jŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqjyr
*** Palladius: синчжи (sinčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^3$ zat$^1$
*** Yale: sing jāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^3$ dzat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^3$ zed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ³³ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-chṳt
*** Hakka Romanization System: xin ziid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xin$^4$ zid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sin⁵⁵ t͡sɨt̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-cék
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-chit
*** Tâi-lô: sìng-tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seangcid
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sit̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sit̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sên$^3$ zioh$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sèⁿ tsioh
*** Sinological IPA : /sẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sioʔ²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shin-tseq
*** MiniDict: shin$^去$ tseh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xin-tseq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³³ t͡səʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

性質
* character; nature; intrinsic quality; essence
       Fánshì yào xiān gǎo qīngchǔ xìngzhì cái bùzhìyú chūcuò. [Pinyin]
       An understanding of the nature of things is needed to avoid making mistakes.

#### Synonyms

* 實質／实质 (shízhì)
* 本色
* 本質／本质 (běnzhì)
* 真態／真态 (zhēntài) (literary)
* 素質／素质 (sùzhì)
* 質／质

#### Derived terms

* 化學性質／化学性质 (huàxué xìngzhì)
* 物理性質／物理性质

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 性質(せいしつ) (seishitsu)
* → Korean: 성질(性質) (seongjil)
* → Vietnamese: tính chất (性質)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 性 | 質 |
| せい Grade: 5 | しつ Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せーしつ [sèéshítsú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [se̞ːɕit͡sɨ]

### Noun

性(せい)質(しつ) • (seishitsu)
* a person's nature or disposition
    彼(かれ)は性質(せいしつ)が良(よ)い。
       Kare wa seishitsu ga yoi.
       He is goodnatured.
* original characteristic of a thing; a property; a nature
    この仕事(しごと)の性質(せいしつ)を知(し)らなかった。
       Kono shigoto no seishitsu o shiranakatta.
       I didn't know the nature of this job.

#### Synonyms

* (disposition): 気性(きしょう) (kishō)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 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 :
| 性 | 質 |

### Noun

性質 • (seongjil) (hangeul 성질)
* hanja form of 성질 (“temper, nature, quality”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 性 | 質 |

### Noun

性質
* chữ Hán form of tính chất (“property, nature, characteristic”).