适应性 (shì yìng xìng) — adaptability; flexibility

Definition

noun
adaptabilityflexibility

Examples

  • 适应性。
    Zhè zhǒng zhí wù jù yǒu hěn qiáng de shì yìng xìng.
    This plant has strong adaptability.
  • ，适应性。
    Zài xīn de gōng zuò huán jìng zhōng, shì yìng xìng fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    In a new work environment, adaptability is very important.
  • 适应性。
    Tā de shì yìng xìng ràng tā hěn kuài róng rù le tuán duì.
    His adaptability allowed him to quickly integrate into the team.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

适应adapt
适shìfit应yìngrespond
联合Side by side
性xìngquality

适 fit and 应 respond combine with 性 to express a quality.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 適; 适 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
啻
啻chì適shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 適 pairs 辶 (walking) with a sound part; its inner part was originally 啻 and was stylized into 啇. The simplified 适 is a later variant.

Open 适 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 應; 应 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
䧹
䧹䧹應yìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 應 pairs 心 (heart) with 䧹 as a sound part; the simplified 应 is a later shorthand and its parts are not the original components.

Open 应 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

Open 性 →

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