重复性 (chóng fù xìng) — repetitiveness; the quality of being repetitive

Definition

A formal noun meaning 'the quality of being repetitive' — the abstract property of something repeating. Used in academic and technical writing (e.g. experiments, data, behavior), not in everyday speech.

noun
repetitivenessthe quality of being repetitive

Examples

  • 重复性。
    Zhè zhǒng gōng zuò de chóng fù xìng ràng rén jué de wú liáo.
    The repetitiveness of this work makes people feel bored.
  • 重复性。
    Shí yàn xū yào yàn zhèng jié guǒ de chóng fù xìng.
    The experiment needs to verify the repetitiveness of the results.
  • 重复性。
    Tā wú fǎ rěn shòu rì cháng shēng huó de chóng fù xìng.
    He cannot stand the repetitiveness of daily life.

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.

重复repeat
重zhòngagain复fùrepeat
联合Side by side
性xìngquality

重复 means repeat and 性 means quality, so the word names the quality of being repetitive.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
東
東dōng重zhòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

Open 重 →

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 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彳彳chìwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
复
复fù復fù
Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

Open 复 →

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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