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阴性

yīn xìng

HSK 7–9

Meaning

  • negative
  • feminine

Definition

阴性表示医学检测无异常、中医中与阳性相对的特性，或语言中名词的类别，也可指雌性性别。

Negative in medical tests, yin nature in traditional Chinese medicine, feminine gender in grammar, or female sex.

Usage

常用于医学检测结果（阴性/阳性）、中医体质分类（阴虚/阳虚）、语法中的名词类别（阴阳性），或泛指女性特质。

Used in medical test results (negative/positive), TCM constitution classification (yin deficiency/yang deficiency), grammatical gender (masculine/feminine), or referring to feminine traits.

Examples

  • 1 他的新冠病毒检测结果为阴性。 (His COVID-19 test result is negative.)
  • 2 中医认为阴性体质的人容易怕冷。 (Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people with yin constitution tend to feel cold.)
  • 3 在法语中，名词有阴阳性之分，阴性名词要用相应的冠词。 (In French, nouns have grammatical gender; feminine nouns require appropriate articles.)
  • 4 这个生物样本的菌落培养结果呈阴性。 (The colony culture of this biological sample is negative.)
  • 5 她的性格比较内向，属于阴性气质。 (Her personality is more introverted, belonging to a yin temperament.)

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