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Jyutping mat6 sing3
Pinyin wù xìng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    properties of matter
  2. noun, literary
    inherent quality of all living things
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    作者将人物性格刻画得活灵活现。
    作者將人物性格刻畫得活靈活現。
    zok3 ze2 zoeng1 jan4 mat2 sing3 gaak3 haak1 waak6 dak1 wut6 ling4 wut6 jin6.
    • The writer portrays the characters in a lively manner.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    植物性饮食
    植物性飲食
    zhí wù xìng yǐn shí
    • plant-based diet
  2. Mandarin
    说到这里,我想起另一个类似的科学体系——达尔文的物种起源学说,许多人曾指责所谓“适者生存”不过是一种套套逻辑,因为任何生物性状都可以被解释为对环境的适应。
    説到這裏,我想起另一個類似的科學體系——達爾文的物種起源學説,許多人曾指責所謂“適者生存”不過是一種套套邏輯,因為任何生物性狀都可以被解釋為對環境的適應。
    shuō dào zhè lǐ , wǒ xiǎng qǐ lìng yī ge lèi sì de kē xué tǐ xì — dá ěr wén de wù zhǒng qǐ yuán xué shuō , xǔ duō rén céng zhǐ zé suǒ wèi “ shì zhě shēng cún ” bù guò shì yī zhǒng tào tao luó ji , yīn wèi rèn hé shēng wù xìng zhuàng dōu kě yǐ bèi jiě shì wéi duì huán jìng de shì yìng .
    • Speaking of this, I thought another similar scientific system—Darwin's theory of the origin of the species. Many people have criticized the so-called "survival of the fittest" for being a tautology because any biological trait can be explained as adaptation to the environment.