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複雜性 complexity, from 複雜 complex;
必要性 necessity;
正確性 correctness;
準確性 accuracy;
永久性 permanence;
臨時性 temporary character;
危險性 dangerous character (of disease);
硬性 rigidity, inflexibility;
彈性 flexibility;
爆發性 explosiveness;
also for distinguishing types of disease: 急性 acute;
慢性 chronic.
(2) Nature, inborn nature: 天命之謂性，率性之謂道，修道之謂教 (中庸) “What is God-given is called nature; to follow that nature is called the way; to cultivate the way is called culture”;
性與天道，不得而聞 Confucius seldom talked about nature and Heaven's way;
性理，性命 [xing4li3], [xing4ming4]↓.
(3) What is instinctive, inherent: 性能 [xing4neng2]↓;
天性，本性 man's inborn nature, also original nature of man;
出於本性 comes from man's nature;
人性 human nature;
禽獸之性 beastly nature;
獸性 beastliness;
生性如此 one is born like that;
盡人之性 that man may fulfill what is born in him;
盡物之性 that all nature may fulfill the laws of their being.
情性 born nature;
記性 power of memory;
性質 [xing4zhi2]↓;
性善，性惡 philosophical argument whether man is born good or born bad;
性欲 instinctive (sexual) desire(s).
(4) Sex, sexual desire or impulse: 兩性 the two sexes;
男性 the male sex;
女性 the female sex;
性衝動 the sexual impulse;
性教育 sex education;
性愛，性病，性交，性感 [xing4ai4], [xing4bing4], [xing4jiao1], [xing4gan3]↓.
(5) Gender: 陰性，陽性，中性 feminine, masculine, neuter gender;
通性 universal gender;
also universality.
(6) Personal temperament, character, personality: 性情 [xing4qing2]↓;
心性 man's heart and character: 心性不良 (man) of bad character;
品性，德性 character;
性靈，性格，性根 [xing4ling2], [xing4ge2], [xing4gen1]↓;
性子，性急 [xing4zi0], [xing4ji2]↓;
率性 60.10;
索性 10.01.
2.性別 [xing4bie2], n., sex of man or animal (male or female).
3.性病 [xing4bing4], n., venereal disease.
4.性氣 [xing4qi4]1, n., (MC) personality, temperament: 性氣很烈 of strong temperament; 性氣太壞 of very bad temper or character.
5.性器 [xing4qi4]2, n., sexual organ.
6.性情 [xing4qing2], n., (1) a man's temperament (hard, irascible, soft, yielding, etc.); (2) ([xing4qing0]) bad temper, see [xing1zi0]↓.
7.性地 [xing4di4], n., (rare) a man's basic endowment: 性地聰明 by nature intelligent.
8.性分 [xing4fen4], n., a man's temperament (good, bad).
9.性感 [xing4gan3], (1) n., sex appeal; (2) adj., appealing to sex, sexy: 性感文學 sexy literature; 性感缺乏症 frigidity.
10.性根 [xing4gen1], n., (Budd.) man's inborn root of character, basic endowment (refined, coarse, intelligent, stupid); 劣根性 or 性根 stupidity, coarseness of nature.
11.性格 [xing4ge2], n., character, personal type, temperament: 性格明星 movie actor or actress specializing in portraying human character; 性格不合 incompatibility of temperament.
12.性徵 [xing4zheng1], n., characteristics, specific features.
13.性交 [xing4jiao1], n., sexual intercourse.
14.性急 [xing4ji2], adj., impatient: 這個人性急得很 this man is very impatient.
15.性質 [xing4zhi2], n., qualities of material (iron, copper, etc.); character (of a play, novel, propaganda, etc.); nature (of task, work, duties, research, organization).
16.性理 [xing4li3], n., the Neo-Confucian philosophy ( 理學) of human reason and nature.
17.性靈 [xing4ling2], n., soul, personality; 性靈文學 school of literature which emphasizes expression of personal views and feelings.
18.性命 [xing4ming4], n., (1) life: 性命交關，性命攸關 a matter of life and death; 摧殘性命 destroy life; (2) (phil.) the study of man's origin and destiny (Neo-Confucian).
19.性能 [xing4neng2], n., fitness or capacity for work, capabilities (of machine, camera, airplane), potency (of drug).
20.性向 [xing4xiang4]1, n., disposition; 性向測驗 aptitude test.
21.性相 [xing4xiang4]2, n., (Budd.) nature and manifestations in man.
22.性子 [xing4zi0], n., (1) temperament: 性子不好 bad temper; (2) anger: 等我性子上來 see when I lose my temper.
23.性慾 [xing4yU4], n., sexual desire (also wr. 性欲).