共性
gòngxìng
commonality; shared feature
Characters in this word
性 xìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 生 life, lifetime
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 不同地区的方言差异很大，却仍保留了若干语音和词汇上的共性。 Bùtóng dìqū de fāngyán chāyì hěn dà, què réng bǎoliú le ruògān yǔyīn hé cíhuì shàng de gòngxìng. The dialects of different regions vary greatly, yet they still preserve certain commonalities in pronunciation and vocabulary.
- 这几位成功的人有一个共性，就是从不放弃。 Zhè jǐ wèi chénggōng de rén yǒu yí ge gòngxìng, jiùshì cóng bú fàngqì. These successful people share one trait: they never give up.
- 猫和老虎虽然大小不同，但在习性上有许多共性。 Māo hé lǎohǔ suīrán dàxiǎo bù tóng, dàn zài xíxìng shàng yǒu xǔduō gòngxìng. Cats and tigers differ in size, but they share many traits in their habits.