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| − | 性 can be added after a word to express a characteristic or property. This is the equivalent of adding a "-ility" or "-ness" to English words, such as turning "possible" to "possibility" or “hard" to "hardness" | + | 性 can be added after a word to express a characteristic or property. This is the equivalent of adding a "-ility" or "-ness" to English words, such as turning "possible" to "possibility" or “hard" to "hardness." It is also the equivalent of adding "-ic" to words, such as turing "history" to "historic." |
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Latest revision as of 04:06, 25 April 2017
性 can be added after a word to express a characteristic or property. This is the equivalent of adding a "-ility" or "-ness" to English words, such as turning "possible" to "possibility" or “hard" to "hardness." It is also the equivalent of adding "-ic" to words, such as turing "history" to "historic."
Structure
Since this is a suffix, it can be added to the end of words, similar to 化 Pay attention to the words that can be used with 性. While there is no set rule on what can or cannot be used, there are trends we can look at.
Word + 性
Examples
- 你 知道 管理 的 科学 性 和 艺术 性 是 指 什么 吗？
- 你 交 的 这 个 产品 宣传 方案 没有 可行性。
- 中国 四川 省 的 山区，发生 地震 的 可能性 较 大。
- 本 公司 对 员工 上班 时间 没有 硬性 规定。
- 你 的 作品 越 来 越 有 创造 性。
