" Xìng " shì yígè biǎoshì chōuxiàng xìngzhì de hòuzhuì.
'性' is a suffix expressing abstract quality.
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usage
Subdivided into 前缀 (qiánzhuì, prefix) and 后缀 (hòuzhuì, suffix). Common Chinese examples: prefix 老 (老师, 老板), 小 (小王); suffix 子 (桌子, 椅子), 儿 (花儿), 化 (现代化), 性 (可能性), 者 (作者).
grammar
Chinese is predominantly an isolating language, so true affixes are fewer than in English. Linguists debate whether 子/儿/们 are affixes or clitics, which is why Chinese grammar textbooks sometimes call them 类词缀 (quasi-affixes).
