良性
liángxìng
benign; positive; virtuous
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
- 只有形成良性竞争，行业创新才不会被价格战拖垮。 Zhǐyǒu xíngchéng liángxìng jìngzhēng, hángyè chuàngxīn cái bú huì bèi jiàgézhàn tuōkuǎ. Only by forming healthy competition can the industry's innovation avoid being dragged down by price wars.
- 多运动，睡得好，心情也好，这是一个良性循环。 Duō yùndòng, shuì de hǎo, xīnqíng yě hǎo, zhè shì yí ge liángxìng xúnhuán. Exercise more, sleep well, feel better: that is a virtuous circle.
- 医生看了检查结果，说这个小肿块是良性的。 Yīshēng kàn le jiǎnchá jiéguǒ, shuō zhège xiǎo zhǒngkuài shì liángxìng de. The doctor looked at the test results and said the small lump is benign.
Related words
- 良好 liánghǎo good; in good condition
- 善良 shànliáng kind
- 优良 yōuliáng excellent; fine
- 不良 bùliáng bad; harmful
- 改良 gǎiliáng to improve; to refine; to reform
- 良 liáng quite; very; much
- 良心 liángxīn conscience
- 个性 gèxìng personality; individuality
- 性 xìng nature; quality
- 性别 xìngbié gender
- 性格 xìnggé personality; character
- 性质 xìngzhì nature; property