蓋然性

Chinese

		cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (蓋然性)		蓋	然	性
simp. (盖然性)		盖	然	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gàiránxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): goi³ jin⁴ sing³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gàiránxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gàiránsìng
  - Wade–Giles: kai⁴-jan²-hsing⁴
  - Yale: gài-rán-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gayranshinq
  - Palladius: гайжаньсин (gajžanʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: goi³ jin⁴ sing³
  - Yale: goi yìhn sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: goi³ jin⁴ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: goi³ yin⁴ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯³³ jiːn²¹ sɪŋ³³/

Noun

蓋然性

probability
- 我們承認戰爭現象是較之任何別的社會現象更難捉摸，更少確實性，即更帶所謂「蓋然性」。 [MSC, trad.]
  我们承认战争现象是较之任何别的社会现象更难捉摸，更少确实性，即更带所谓「盖然性」。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Wǒmen chéngrèn zhànzhēng xiànxiàng shì jiào zhī rènhé biéde shèhuì xiànxiàng gèng nán zhuōmō, gèng shǎo quèshíxìng, jí gèng dài suǒwèi “gàiránxìng”. [Pinyin]
  We admit that the phenomenon of war is more elusive and is characterized by greater uncertainty than any other social phenomenon, in other words, that it is more a matter of "probability".

Synonyms

偶合性 (ǒuhéxìng)
偶然性 (ǒuránxìng)
或然性 (huòránxìng)
概然性 (gàiránxìng)

Antonyms

必然性 (bìránxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蓋	然	性
がい Grade: S	ぜん Grade: 4	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

蓋然(がいぜん) (gaizen) + 性(せい) (-sei)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がいぜんせー [gàízéńséé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠izẽ̞ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

蓋(がい)然(ぜん)性(せい) • (gaizensei)

probability

References

“蓋然性”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025