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性质 (xìngzhì) English Meaning
- nature
- characteristic
Traditional Characters: 性質
+ is only found in HSK 5.
性 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
质 forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
Corresponding Classifiers|Measure Words:
- 個|个 (gè)
Sample Sentences
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Stroke Order & Character Components
性 (xìng): nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个(gè)
- 忄 (xin): heart
- 生 (shēng): be born
质 (zhì): character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pronunciation zhí
- ⺁ (chǎng): cliff
- 十 (shí): ten
- 贝 (bèi): shell / money
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 性
HSK 4 Word List
- 性别 (xìng bié): gender; sex; distinguishing between the sexes
- 性格 (xìng gé): nature (temperament); nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL: 個|个(gè)
HSK 5 Word List
- 个性 (gè xìng): individuality; personality
- 性质 (xìng zhì): nature; characteristic; CL: 個|个(gè)
HSK 6 Word List
- 记性 (jì xing): memory; recall
- 慢性 (màn xìng): slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
- 人性 (rén xìng): human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes
- 任性 (rèn xìng): willful; headstrong; uninhibited
- 索性 (suǒ xìng): you might as well (do it); simply; just
- 弹性 (tán xìng): flexibility; elasticity (physics)
- 性感 (xìng gǎn): sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy
- 性命 (xìng mìng): life
- 性能 (xìng néng): function; performance
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 质
HSK 4 Word List
- 质量 (zhì liàng): quality; mass (in physics); CL: 個|个(gè)
HSK 5 Word List
- 本质 (běn zhì): essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality
- 物质 (wù zhì): matter; substance; material; materialistic; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 性质 (xìng zhì): nature; characteristic; CL: 個|个(gè)
HSK 6 Word List
- 变质 (biàn zhì): to degenerate; to go bad; to deteriorate; metamorphosis
- 蛋白质 (dàn bái zhì): protein
- 地质 (dì zhì): geology
- 品质 (pǐn zhì): quality
- 气质 (qì zhí): temperament; personality traits; manners
- 人质 (rén zhì): hostage
- 实质 (shí zhì): substance; essence
- 素质 (sù zhì): inner quality; basic essence; change over time
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
