天性

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
simp. and trad. (天性)		天	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ sing³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thiên-sin
Min Nan (POJ): thian-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshinq
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ sing³
  - Yale: tīn sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ xing³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiên-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien´ xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian¹ xin⁴
  - IPA: /tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: thian-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiensexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Noun

天性

nature (of a species, organism, etc.); innate disposition
其俗，寬則隨畜，因射獵禽獸為生業，急則人習戰攻以侵伐，其天性也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
其俗，宽则随畜，因射猎禽兽为生业，急则人习战攻以侵伐，其天性也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, circa 91 BCE
Qí sú, kuān zé suíxù, yīn shèliè qínshòu wéi shēngyè, jí zé rénxí zhàngōng yǐ qīnfá, qí tiānxìng yě. [Pinyin]
It is their custom to herd their flocks in times of peace and make their living by hunting, but in periods of crisis they take up arms and go off on plundering and marauding expeditions. This seems to be their inborn nature.

Synonyms

本性 (běnxìng)
本質／本质 (běnzhì)
性情 (xìngqíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (天性):

→ Japanese: 天 (てん)性 (せい) (tensei)
→ Korean: 천성 (天性, cheonseong)
→ Vietnamese: thiên tính (天性)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	性
てん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

天性 (hiragana てんせい, rōmaji tensei)

nature, innate disposition, inborn quality

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