代表性 (dài biǎo xìng) — representativeness; representative quality
Definition
Abstract noun meaning 'representativeness' — the quality of standing for or reflecting a larger group. Often follows 有 / 缺乏, as in 有代表性 ('typical/representative') vs the concrete noun 代表 ('representative, delegate').
noun
representativenessrepresentative quality
Examples
- 代表性，。Zhè ge yàng běn de dài biǎo xìng bú gòu qiáng, wú fǎ fǎn yìng zhěng tǐ qíng kuàng.The representativeness of this sample is insufficient to reflect the whole situation.
- 代表性。Tā zài huì yì shàng de fā yán hěn yǒu dài biǎo xìng.His speech at the meeting was very representative.
- 代表性。Zhè bù xiǎo shuō shì nà ge shí dài wén xué zuò pǐn de dài biǎo xìng.This novel is representative of the literary works of that era.
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