多義性

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	justice; righteousness; meaning	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (多義性)		多	義	性
simp. (多义性)		多	义	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duōyìxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ ji⁶ sing³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duōyìxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duoyìsìng
  - Wade–Giles: to¹-i⁴-hsing⁴
  - Yale: dwō-yì-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoyihshinq
  - Palladius: доисин (doisin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: do¹ ji⁶ sing³
  - Yale: dō yih sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ ji⁶ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: do¹ yi⁶ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ jiː²² sɪŋ³³/

Noun

多義性

(semantics) polysemy

Synonyms

一詞多義／一词多义 (yīcí duōyì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
多	義	性
た Grade: 2	ぎ Grade: 5	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

多義(たぎ) (tagi) + 性(せい) (-sei)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たぎせー [tàgíséé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ta̠ɡʲise̞ː]

Noun

多(た)義(ぎ)性(せい) • (tagisei)

(linguistics, semantics) polysemy, ambiguity, the quality of having more than one meaning

See also

多義(たぎ) (tagi, “polysemy, multiple meanings”)
多義語(たぎご) (tagigo, “polyseme, word with multiple meanings”)