后天性

後天性

hòutiānxìng

adjective

Meanings

1 acquired
2 developed after birth

Characters

birth; nature (lit. heaven)

Examples

HSK 5

这种病大多是后天性的，跟生活习惯有关。

Zhè zhǒng bìng dàduō shì hòutiānxìng de, gēn shēnghuó xíguàn yǒuguān.

This illness is mostly acquired and has to do with lifestyle.

HSK 7-9

他的耳聋是后天性的。

Tā de ěrlóng shì hòutiānxìng de.

His deafness is acquired; he was not born with it.

Tips

usage

The opposite is 先天性 "congenital". Both come before a noun (后天性疾病 "acquired disease") or inside 是...的. 后天 here means "after birth", not "the day after tomorrow".

Stroke Order

后 hòu

天 tiān

性 xìng