"任性" meaning in Chinese

See 任性 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /jɐm²² sɪŋ³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ᵑɡim³² ɬen³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /ŋim⁵⁵ sin⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /lim⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /lim²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /lim³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /d͡zim²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /zim³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/, /jɐm²² sɪŋ³³/, /ᵑɡim³² ɬen³³/, /ŋim⁵⁵ sin⁵⁵/, /lim⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/, /lim²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/, /lim³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/, /d͡zim²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/, /zim³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: rènxìng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄖㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jam⁶ sing³ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], ngim⁵ lhen¹ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], ngim-sin [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], līm-sèng, jīm-sèng, rènxìng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄖㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], rènsìng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], jên⁴-hsing⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], rèn-syìng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], rennshinq [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], жэньсин [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], žɛnʹsin [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], jam⁶ sing³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yahm sing [Cantonese, Yale], jam⁶ sing³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yem⁶ xing³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ngim⁵ lhen¹ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], ngim-sin [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ngim xin [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ngim⁴ xin⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], līm-sèng [Hokkien, POJ], līm-sìng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], lixmsexng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], jīm-sèng [Hokkien, POJ], jīm-sìng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], jixmsexng [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 任性
  1. willful; headstrong; self-willed; wayward Synonyms (willful): 率性 (shuàixìng), 使性 [Hokkien], 似汰, 食癖
    Sense id: en-任性-zh-adj-6pN2UKyk Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'willful': 99 1
  2. unrestrained; without border or limit
    Sense id: en-任性-zh-adj-PMe9W5aS

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      "ipa": "/jɐm²² sɪŋ³³/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑɡim³² ɬen³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋim⁵⁵ sin⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lim⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lim²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lim³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zim²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zim³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shuàixìng",
      "sense": "willful",
      "word": "率性"
    },
    {
      "sense": "willful",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "使性"
    },
    {
      "sense": "willful",
      "word": "似汰"
    },
    {
      "sense": "willful",
      "word": "食癖"
    }
  ],
  "word": "任性"
}
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  "msg": "HTML tag <sup> not properly closed",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "任性",
  "trace": "started on line 25, detected on line 25"
}

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  "subsection": "",
  "title": "任性",
  "trace": ""
}

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}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.