| 性 | 386B45 22A.11-1 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄒㄧㄥˋ [xing4] | ||
| N. | (1) In modn. terms, equivalent of -ness, -ity for expressing abstract notions: 可能性 possibility, from 可能 possible; 複雜性 complexity, from 複雜 complex; 必要性 necessity; 正確性 correctness; 準確性 accuracy; 永久性 permanence; 臨時性 temporary character; 危險性 dangerous character (of disease); 硬性 rigidity, inflexibility; 彈性 flexibility; 爆發性 explosiveness; also for distinguishing types of disease: 急性 acute; 慢性 chronic. (2) Nature, inborn nature: 天命之謂性，率性之謂道，修道之謂教 (中庸) “What is God-given is called nature; to follow that nature is called the way; to cultivate the way is called culture”; 性與天道，不得而聞 Confucius seldom talked about nature and Heaven's way; 性理，性命 [xing4li3], [xing4ming4]↓. (3) What is instinctive, inherent: 性能 [xing4neng2]↓; 天性，本性 man's inborn nature, also original nature of man; 出於本性 comes from man's nature; 人性 human nature; 禽獸之性 beastly nature; 獸性 beastliness; 生性如此 one is born like that; 盡人之性 that man may fulfill what is born in him; 盡物之性 that all nature may fulfill the laws of their being. 情性 born nature; 記性 power of memory; 性質 [xing4zhi2]↓; 性善，性惡 philosophical argument whether man is born good or born bad; 性欲 instinctive (sexual) desire(s). (4) Sex, sexual desire or impulse: 兩性 the two sexes; 男性 the male sex; 女性 the female sex; 性衝動 the sexual impulse; 性教育 sex education; 性愛，性病，性交，性感 [xing4ai4], [xing4bing4], [xing4jiao1], [xing4gan3]↓. (5) Gender: 陰性，陽性，中性 feminine, masculine, neuter gender; 通性 universal gender; also universality. (6) Personal temperament, character, personality: 性情 [xing4qing2]↓; 心性 man's heart and character: 心性不良 (man) of bad character; 品性，德性 character; 性靈，性格，性根 [xing4ling2], [xing4ge2], [xing4gen1]↓; 性子，性急 [xing4zi0], [xing4ji2]↓; 率性 60.10; 索性 10.01. | |||||
| Words | 1. 性愛 [xing4ai4], n., sexual love. 2. 性別 [xing4bie2], n., sex of man or animal (male or female). 3. 性病 [xing4bing4], n., venereal disease. 4. 性氣 [xing4qi4]1, n., (MC) personality, temperament: 性氣很烈 of strong temperament; 性氣太壞 of very bad temper or character. 5. 性器 [xing4qi4]2, n., sexual organ. 6. 性情 [xing4qing2], n., (1) a man's temperament (hard, irascible, soft, yielding, etc.); (2) ([xing4qing0]) bad temper, see [xing1zi0]↓. 7. 性地 [xing4di4], n., (rare) a man's basic endowment: 性地聰明 by nature intelligent. 8. 性分 [xing4fen4], n., a man's temperament (good, bad). 9. 性感 [xing4gan3], (1) n., sex appeal; (2) adj., appealing to sex, sexy: 性感文學 sexy literature; 性感缺乏症 frigidity. 10. 性根 [xing4gen1], n., (Budd.) man's inborn root of character, basic endowment (refined, coarse, intelligent, stupid); 劣根性 or 性根 stupidity, coarseness of nature. 11. 性格 [xing4ge2], n., character, personal type, temperament: 性格明星 movie actor or actress specializing in portraying human character; 性格不合 incompatibility of temperament. 12. 性徵 [xing4zheng1], n., characteristics, specific features. 13. 性交 [xing4jiao1], n., sexual intercourse. 14. 性急 [xing4ji2], adj., impatient: 這個人性急得很 this man is very impatient. 15. 性質 [xing4zhi2], n., qualities of material (iron, copper, etc.); character (of a play, novel, propaganda, etc.); nature (of task, work, duties, research, organization). 16. 性理 [xing4li3], n., the Neo-Confucian philosophy ( 理學) of human reason and nature. 17. 性靈 [xing4ling2], n., soul, personality; 性靈文學 school of literature which emphasizes expression of personal views and feelings. 18. 性命 [xing4ming4], n., (1) life: 性命交關，性命攸關 a matter of life and death; 摧殘性命 destroy life; (2) (phil.) the study of man's origin and destiny (Neo-Confucian). 19. 性能 [xing4neng2], n., fitness or capacity for work, capabilities (of machine, camera, airplane), potency (of drug). 20. 性向 [xing4xiang4]1, n., disposition; 性向測驗 aptitude test. 21. 性相 [xing4xiang4]2, n., (Budd.) nature and manifestations in man. 22. 性子 [xing4zi0], n., (1) temperament: 性子不好 bad temper; (2) anger: 等我性子上來 see when I lose my temper. 23. 性慾 [xing4yU4], n., sexual desire (also wr. 性欲). | |||||