先天性

xiāntiānxìng
adjective #20,222

Meanings

  1. 1 congenital
  2. 2 inborn
  3. 3 innate

Examples

Tā huàn yǒu xiāntiānxìng xīnzàng bìng.
He has a congenital heart disease.
Xiāntiānxìng shīmíng shì zhǐ chūshēng shí jiù kàn bu jiàn de qíngkuàng.
Congenital blindness refers to the condition of being unable to see from birth.

Tips

grammar
先天性 functions as an attributive adjective before nouns: 先天性疾病 (congenital disease), 先天性缺陷 (congenital defect). It contrasts with 后天 (acquired, postnatal).

Stroke Order

xiān
tiān
xìng