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合法性

合法性

Chinese

		legal; lawful; legitimate	sex; nature; surname sex; nature; surname; suffix corresponding to -ness or -ity
simp. and trad. (合法性)		合法	性

Noun

合法性

legality; lawfulness; legitimacy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合	法	性
ごう Grade: 2	ほう Grade: 4	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

合法 ‎(“legal”) +‎ 性 ‎(“-ity”)

Noun

合法性 ‎(hiragana ごうほうせい, romaji gōhōsei)

legality, lawfulness

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): héfǎxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ faat³ sing³
Min Nan (POJ): ha̍p-hoat-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: héfǎxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herfaashinq
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hap⁶ faat³ sing³
  - Yale: hahp faat sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ faat⁸ sing³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² fɑːt̚³ sɪŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p-hoat-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: ha̍p-huat-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: habhoatsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴⁻²¹ huat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴⁻³² huat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪŋ²¹/