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- 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[ge4]
- (neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福[xing4 fu2]) satisfied with one's sex life
- swimming ability
- characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc)
- aqueous
- water-based (paint etc)
- positive (in its effect)
- leading to good consequences
- virtuous
- (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
Trad. 性轉
- (slang) to be genderswapped (abbr. for 性別轉換|性别转换[xing4 bie2 zhuan3 huan4])
Trad. 惡性
- malignant
- wicked
- vicious (circle)
- producing evil
- rapid (decline)
- runaway (inflation)
Trad. 異性
- the opposite sex
- of the opposite sex
- heterosexual
- different in nature
- to determine the nature (of sth)
- to determine the chemical composition (of a substance)
- qualitative
Trad. 兩性
- male and female
- both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc)
- (chemistry) amphoteric
Trad. 調性
- (music) tonality
- (of an actor, company, magazine etc) style; image; tone; voice; character
- slow and patient
- chronic (disease)
- slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
Trad. 慣性
- (physics) inertia
- (fig.) force of habit
- tendency to do things in the accustomed way
- habitual
- to act naturally, authentically and spontaneously (whether seen as admirable – "bold" – or problematic – "impulsive")
Trad. 真實性
- authenticity
- truthfulness
- veracity
- reality
- validity
Trad. 性惡論
- "human nature is evil", theory advocated by Xunzi 荀子[Xun2 zi3]
- sexual innuendo; indirect sexual suggestion in words, gestures, images etc