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享受性 (xiǎng shòu xìng) — the quality of being enjoyable; enjoyability

Definition

A noun meaning 'how enjoyable something is' — focuses on the inherent pleasant quality of an experience or product. Use 享受 (v.) for the act of enjoying itself.

noun
the quality of being enjoyableenjoyability

Examples

  • 享受性，。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng de xiǎng shòu xìng hěn qiáng, dà jiā dōu hěn xǐ huan.
    This movie's enjoyability is very high; everyone likes it.
  • 享受性。
    Lǚ yóu de xiǎng shòu xìng zhǔ yào lái zì yú měi shí hé měi jǐng.
    The enjoyability of travel mainly comes from food and scenery.
  • 享受性。
    Wǒ men xū yào tí gāo chǎn pǐn de xiǎng shòu xìng lái xī yǐn gèng duō yòng hù.
    We need to improve the product's enjoyability to attract more users.

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.

享受enjoy
享xiǎngenjoy受shòureceive
联合Coordinate
性xìngquality

享受性 expresses the quality of 享受, with 性 giving a sense of property.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

享 was a drawing of an ancestral shrine.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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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.

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