性
xìng HSK3

nature

性 xìng
[-ity] affix
Suffix used after verbs or adjectives to form nouns expressing a state, quality, or scope, similar to English "-ity", "-ness", or "-ism".

不可预测性正是创造力的标志之一。

bù​kě yù​cè xìng zhèng​shì chuàng​zào​lì de biāo​zhì zhī​yī.

Unpredictability is one of the hallmarks of creativity.

gender noun
sex; gender; the biological category of male or female
nature nounadjective
nature; property; quality; the innate characteristics of a person or thing
disposition noun
temperament; disposition; temper (as in 性急 xìng​jí, 任性 rèn​xìng)
life noun
life; life force; life span (as in 性命 xìng​mìng)

他救了一个女人的性命。

tā jiù le yī​ge nǚ​rén de xìng mìng.

He saved a woman's life.

sexuality adjectivenoun
sex; sexuality; things related to sexual desire or reproduction
[gender]
Grammatical category used to classify words, such as masculine, feminine, or neuter.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
122nd most common 1601.2 per million
Movie subtitles
281st most common 599.9 per million appears in 85% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
133.9 per million appears in 34% of films
Written text
150.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+6027

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)