性
xìng HSK3

nature

性 xìng
sex noun
relating to biological sex, gender, or sexuality

现代社会对性的态度越来越开放了。

xiàn​dài shè​huì duì xìng de tài​du yuè​lái​yuè kāi​fàng le.

Modern society's attitude towards sex is becoming increasingly open.

suffix noun
a functional suffix forming nouns or adjectives, corresponding to -ness or -ity

在工作中，我们要发挥自己的主动性。

zài gōng​zuò zhōng, wǒ​men yào fā​huī zì​jǐ de zhǔ​dòng​xìng.

We should exercise our initiative at work.

nature noun
innate character, disposition, or essence of a person or thing

这味药的性比较温和，适合在冬天用来调理身体。

zhè wèi yào de xìng bǐ​jiào wēn​hé, shì​hé zài dōng​tiān yòng​lái tiáo​lǐ shēn​tǐ.

This medicine is quite mild in nature and is suitable for conditioning the body in winter.

property noun
a characteristic feature, quality, or attribute of a substance or object

中药讲究药的寒、热、温、凉四性。

zhōng​yào jiǎng​jiu yào de hán, rè, wēn, liáng sì xìng.

Traditional Chinese medicine focuses on the four properties of herbs: cold, hot, warm, and cool.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)