周期性

週期性

zhōuqīxìng

adjective #31,974

Meanings

1 periodic
2 cyclical
3 periodicity

Characters

Examples

经济发展有一定的周期性。

Jīngjì fāzhǎn yǒu yīdìng de zhōuqīxìng.

Economic development has a certain cyclicality.

这种病呈周期性发作。

Zhèzhǒng bìng chéng zhōuqīxìng fāzuò.

This illness flares up periodically.

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grammar

The suffix 性 (xìng) turns a noun into an abstract property — like English '-ness' or '-ity'. Compare 可能性 (possibility), 重要性 (importance), 安全性 (safety). Very productive in formal / technical writing.

Stroke Order

周 zhōu

期 qī

性 xìng