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硬性

硬性

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	sex; nature; surname sex; nature; surname; suffix corresponding to -ness or -ity
simp. and trad. (硬性)		硬	性

Adjective

硬性

rigid; stiff; inflexible

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yìngxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaang⁶ sing³
Min Nan (POJ): ngǐ-sèng / ngī-sèng / ngē-sèng / ngēe-sèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yìngxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshinq
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaang⁶ sing³
  - Yale: ngaahng sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ sing³
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɑːŋ²² sɪŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǐ-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: ngǐ-sìng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋi²² ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngī-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: ngī-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngixsexng
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋi³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋi²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngē-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: ngē-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngexsexng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋe³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngēe-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: ngēe-sìng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²¹/