性 (xìng) means Nature (character - gender - sex). Below are 24 of the 43 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
她 性 格很外向。
Tā xìnggé hěn wàixiàng.
She has a very outgoing personality.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 外向
请填写姓名和 性 别。
Qǐng tiánxiě xìngmíng hé xìngbié.
Please fill in your name and sex.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 性别
这个工作不看 性 别。
Zhège gōngzuò bú kàn xìngbié.
This job does not depend on gender.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 性别
这个孩子很有个 性 。
Zhège háizi hěn yǒu gèxìng.
This child has a lot of character.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 个性
他有着坚韧的 性 格。
Tā yǒuzhe jiānrèn de xìnggé.
He has a tenacious character.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚韧
做决定不能太任 性 。
Zuò juédìng bù néng tài rènxìng.
One cannot be too headstrong in making decisions.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 任性
这种材料弹 性 很好。
Zhè zhǒng cáiliào tánxìng hěn hǎo.
This material is very elastic.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弹性
医生救了他的 性 命。
Yīshēng jiù le tā de xìngmìng.
The doctor saved his life.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 性命
这两个问题 性 质不同。
Zhè liǎng ge wèntí xìngzhì bùtóng.
These two problems are different in nature.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 性质
同 性 的磁极互相排斥。
Tóngxìng de cíjí hùxiāng páichì.
Like magnetic poles repel each other.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 排斥
制度设计要考虑人 性 。
Zhìdù shèjì yào kǎolǜ rénxìng.
System design must take human nature into account.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 人性
她 性 格活泼，朋友也多。
Tā xìnggé huópo, péngyou yě duō.
She has a lively character and many friends.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 活泼
两个人的 性 格不太一样。
Liǎng ge rén de xìnggé bú tài yíyàng.
The two of them have rather different personalities.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 性格
请说明这份工作的 性 质。
Qǐng shuōmíng zhè fèn gōngzuò de xìngzhì.
Please explain the nature of this job.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 性质
读书的重要 性 不言而喻。
Dúshū de zhòngyàoxìng bùyán'éryù.
The importance of reading goes without saying.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不言而喻
他 性 子急躁，一等就烦。
Tā xìngzi jízào, yì děng jiù fán.
He is impatient by nature and gets irritable the moment he has to wait.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 急躁
年纪大了，记 性 就差了。
Niánjì dà le, jìxing jiù chà le.
As one gets older the memory gets worse.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 记性
她 性 格开朗，朋友很多。
Tā xìnggé kāilǎng, péngyou hěn duō.
She has a cheerful disposition and many friends.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开朗
公司实行弹 性 工作时间。
Gōngsī shíxíng tánxìng gōngzuò shíjiān.
The company operates flexible working hours.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弹性
这条裙子的设计很 性 感。
Zhè tiáo qúnzi de shèjì hěn xìnggǎn.
The design of this dress is very alluring.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 性感
这台机器的 性 能很稳定。
Zhè tái jīqì de xìngnéng hěn wěndìng.
This machine performs very reliably.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 性能
他记 性 特别好，过目不忘。
Tā jìxing tèbié hǎo, guòmù bú wàng.
His memory is exceptional; he forgets nothing he has seen.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 记性
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性 appears in 43 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 性
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Questions about 性
How is 性 used in a sentence?
This page shows 43 sentences using 性 (xìng, "Nature (character - gender - sex)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 性 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 性 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 性?
The dictionary page for 性 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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