# 率性
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuàixìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seot$^1$ sing$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soài-sèng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuàixìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuàisìng
*** Wade–Giles: shuai$^4$-hsing$^4$
*** Yale: shwài-syìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuayshinq
*** Palladius: шуайсин (šuajsin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seot$^1$ sing$^3$
*** Yale: sēut sing
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soet$^7$ sing$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêd$^1$ xing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵt̚⁵ sɪŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soài-sèng
*** Tâi-lô: suài-sìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soaesexng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /suai²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /suai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /suai²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /suai¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /suai²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: srwit sjengH
Rime :
| Character | 率 | 性 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 術 (52) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 所律切 | 息正切 |
| Baxter | srwit | sjengH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃiuɪt̚/ | /siᴇŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃʷit̚/ | /siɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃjuet̚/ | /siæŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂwit̚/ | /siajŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃiuĕt̚/ | /siɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃĭuĕt̚/ | /sĭɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʂi̯uĕt̚/ | /si̯ɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shuai | xìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seot$^1$ | sing$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-rut seŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*srud sleŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 率 | 性 |
| Reading # | 4/4 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shuài | xìng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ srwit › | ‹ sjeng$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-rut/ | /*seŋ-s/ |
| English | follow, go along | nature |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 率 | 性 |
| Reading # | 3/3 | 1/1 |
| No. | 8608 | 11358 |
| Phonetic component | 率 | 生 |
| Rime group | 物 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 率 | 性 |
| Old Chinese | /*srud/ | /*sleŋs/ |
| Notes | 原列質韻 | |

### Verb

率性
* (Classical) to act according to one's nature; to follow one's nature
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Tiānmìng zhī wèi xìng, shuàixìng zhī wèi dào, xiūdào zhī wèi jiào. [Pinyin]
    What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction.
    From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
    Shuàixìng ér xíng wèi zhī dào, dé qí tiānxìng wèi zhī dé. [Pinyin]
    The Tao means acting in accordance with one's nature, and the Te refers to the attainment of the nature that is truly natural.

### Adjective

率性
* willful; headstrong; self-willed

#### Synonyms

* 任性 (rènxìng)
* (Hokkien) 使性, 似汰, 食癖

### Adverb

率性
* might as well; simply; just

#### Synonyms

* (might as well):
* 不妨 (bùfáng)
* 乾脆／干脆 (gāncuì)
* 以莫 (i$^3$ mo) (Xiang)
* 勿妨 ($^6$veq$_8$-faon) (Wu)
* 印信 (Hokkien)
* 左莫 (zo$^3$ mo) (Xiang)
* 索性
* 巡經／巡经 (sen$^2$ jin$^1$) (Xiang)

### Noun

率性
* (literary) one's nature; disposition

#### Synonyms

* (one's nature):
* 天性 (tiānxìng)
* 常性 (chángxìng)
* 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
* 性子 (xìngzi)
* 性情 (xìngqíng)
* 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
* 本性 (běnxìng)
* 本質／本质 (běnzhì)
* 氣性／气性
* 理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 癖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 癖鼻 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 秉性 (bǐngxìng)
* 稟性／禀性 (bǐngxìng)
* 稟氣／禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
* 素性 (sùxìng)
* 脾氣／脾气
* 腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
* 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)