See 性善 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "xìng'è",
"word": "性惡"
},
{
"roman": "xìng'è",
"word": "性恶"
}
],
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},
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "noun",
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"roman": "xìngshànshuō",
"word": "性善說"
},
{
"roman": "xìngshànshuō",
"word": "性善说"
},
{
"word": "性善論"
},
{
"word": "性善论"
}
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18,
38
]
],
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19
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],
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5
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],
"english": "Mencius said that human nature is good; when speaking he always made laudatory reference to Yao and Shun.",
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],
"ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Mèngzǐ dào xìngshàn, yán bì chēng Yáoshùn.",
"tags": [
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],
"text": "孟子道性善，言必稱堯舜。",
"type": "quote"
},
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"english": "Mencius said that human nature is good; when speaking he always made laudatory reference to Yao and Shun.",
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],
"ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Mèngzǐ dào xìngshàn, yán bì chēng Yáoshùn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "孟子道性善，言必称尧舜。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"good human nature; the theory that people are good by nature"
],
"id": "en-性善-zh-noun-YH~wFVKe",
"links": [
[
"philosophy",
"philosophy"
],
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"human nature",
"human nature"
],
[
"theory",
"theory"
],
[
"nature",
"nature"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(philosophy) good human nature; the theory that people are good by nature"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xìngshàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sing³ sin⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xìngshàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìngshàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsing⁴-shan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syìng-shàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shinqshann"
},
{
"roman": "sinšanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "синшань"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sing³ sin⁶"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sing sihn"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sing³ sin⁶"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xing³ xin⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɪŋ³³ siːn²²/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "性善"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "xìng'è",
"word": "性惡"
},
{
"roman": "xìng'è",
"word": "性恶"
}
],
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"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "xìngshànshuō",
"word": "性善說"
},
{
"roman": "xìngshànshuō",
"word": "性善说"
},
{
"word": "性善論"
},
{
"word": "性善论"
}
],
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"Cantonese nouns",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese nouns",
"Chinese terms spelled with 善",
"Chinese terms spelled with 性",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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18,
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3,
5
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"raw_tags": [
"Traditional Chinese poetry"
],
"ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Mèngzǐ dào xìngshàn, yán bì chēng Yáoshùn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "孟子道性善，言必稱堯舜。",
"type": "quote"
},
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18,
38
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11,
19
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3,
5
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"english": "Mencius said that human nature is good; when speaking he always made laudatory reference to Yao and Shun.",
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"Traditional Chinese poetry"
],
"ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
"roman": "Mèngzǐ dào xìngshàn, yán bì chēng Yáoshùn.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "孟子道性善，言必称尧舜。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"good human nature; the theory that people are good by nature"
],
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[
"philosophy",
"philosophy"
],
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"good",
"good"
],
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"human nature",
"human nature"
],
[
"theory",
"theory"
],
[
"nature",
"nature"
]
],
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"(philosophy) good human nature; the theory that people are good by nature"
],
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"human-sciences",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xìngshàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sing³ sin⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "xìngshàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sìngshàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hsing⁴-shan⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "syìng-shàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "shinqshann"
},
{
"roman": "sinšanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "синшань"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sing³ sin⁶"
},
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],
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"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sing sihn"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
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"zh_pron": "sing³ sin⁶"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xing³ xin⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɪŋ³³ siːn²²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
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]
}
],
"word": "性善"
}
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