好性

hǎoxìng

adjective #34,140

Meanings

1 good-tempered
2 patient
3 even-tempered

Characters

nature; temperament

Examples

她是个好性子的女孩，从来不生气。

Tā shì ge hǎoxìngzi de nǚhái, cónglái bù shēngqì.

She's a good-tempered girl who never gets angry.

他真是好性，怎么气他都不发火。

Tā zhēn shi hǎoxìng, zěnme qì tā dōu bù fāhuǒ.

He really has a good temper — no matter how you provoke him, he won't lose his cool.

Tips

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Most often heard in the colloquial expanded form 好性子 (hǎo xìngzi, good-tempered). Bare 好性 sounds slightly bookish or northern-dialectal. Compare with 脾气好 (píqì hǎo) which is the more common modern phrasing.

Stroke Order

好 hǎo

性 xìng