隐 yǐn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 急 anxious, worried
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
隐性
yǐnxìng
recessive; implicit; hidden
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
- 隐性歧视不容易被察觉，却会长期影响机会分配。 Yǐnxìng qíshì bù róngyì bèi chájué, què huì chángqī yǐngxiǎng jīhuì fēnpèi. Implicit discrimination is not easy to detect, yet it can affect the distribution of opportunities over the long term.
- 隐性基因不表现出来，却可能传给下一代。 Yǐnxìng jīyīn bù biǎoxiàn chūlái, què kěnéng chuán gěi xià yī dài. A recessive gene does not show itself, but it may be passed on to the next generation.
- 这种病有隐性阶段，早期几乎没有任何症状。 Zhè zhǒng bìng yǒu yǐnxìng jiēduàn, zǎoqī jīhū méiyǒu rènhé zhèngzhuàng. This illness has a hidden stage; in the early period there are almost no symptoms at all.
Related words
- 隐藏 yǐncáng to hide, to conceal
- 隐私 yǐnsī privacy
- 隐蔽 yǐnbì hidden; concealed
- 隐含 yǐnhán to imply; to contain implicitly
- 隐患 yǐnhuàn hidden danger; potential risk
- 隐瞒 yǐnmán to conceal; to hide
- 隐情 yǐnqíng hidden facts; inside story
- 隐形 yǐnxíng invisible; hidden
- 隐约 yǐnyuē vague; faint; indistinct
- 个性 gèxìng personality; individuality
- 性 xìng nature; quality
- 性别 xìngbié gender