xìng zhì
properties; quality; nature
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这种材料的性质很稳定。
Zhè zhǒng cáiliào de xìngzhì hěn wěndìng.
The properties of this material are very stable.
水的性质是无色无味。
Shuǐ de xìngzhì shì wú sè wú wèi.
The properties of water are colorless and tasteless.
这种药物的性质是抗生素。
Zhè zhǒng yào wù de xìngzhì shì kàngshēngsù.
The properties of this drug are antibiotics.
本性 (běnxìng)
nature
特性 (tèxìng)
characteristic
本质 (běnzhì)
essence
特性 (tèxìng)
characteristic
The Chinese word 性质 (xìngzhì) is composed of two characters: 性 (xìng) and 质 (zhì). The character 性 originally meant "inborn quality" or "nature", and was often used in the context of human nature or the nature of things. The character 质 originally meant "substance" or "matter", and was often used in the context of the material world. Over time, the two characters came to be used together to refer to the essential characteristics or properties of something, or its inherent nature. In modern Chinese, 性质 is used in a wide variety of contexts to refer to the nature or properties of things, including physical properties, chemical properties, and psychological properties.
