隱性

Chinese

		secret; hidden; concealed	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (隱性)		隱	性
simp. (隐性)		隐	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ún-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnsìng
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: yǐn-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinshinq
    • Palladius: иньсин (inʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² sing³
    • Yale: yán sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: ún-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wnsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /un⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /un⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /un⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

隱性

1. hidden; concealed; secret
2. (genetics) recessive
3. (medicine, of an infection or disease) silent; asymptomatic; subclinical

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “recessive”): 顯性／显性 (xiǎnxìng)

Derived terms

• 隱性失業／隐性失业 (yǐnxìng shīyè)
• 隱性殺手／隐性杀手 (yǐnxìng shāshǒu)