<p>As Becky stated 性质 = property. It is unrelated to personality</p>

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<li><p>性格 = personality</p></li>
<li><p>个 in 个性 means individual, therefore, 个性 implies 个人性格 (individual personality)</p></li>
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Tang Ho
<p>Sad to say, my research has thrown up basically nothing on the differences between these three words, which is a bit annoying. They all seem to be someone's personality. Am I right in thinking that they are therefore fully interchangeable?! </p>

<p>(Grrr, why does Chinese have so many similar words...?! Or - more to the point - why are dictionaries so pants at distinguishing them lol Thinking of writing my own Chinese dictionary...!)</p>

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Should [性质](http://youdao.com/w/%E6%80%A7%E8%B4%A8) ("property", which seems unrelated to "personality") be [气质](http://youdao.com/w/气质)?
Becky 李蓓
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Ah yes, that is probably true. My dictionary gives it as personality, but then the examples underneath all relate to inanimate objects. I suppose the personality of an inanimate object is its properties lol. Thanks for pointing that out!
Hashamyim
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性质 vs 性格 vs 个性 - all mean personality?
# 性质 vs 性格 vs 个性 - all mean personality?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-15)

Sad to say, my research has thrown up basically nothing on the differences between these three words, which is a bit annoying. They all seem to be someone's personality. Am I right in thinking that they are therefore fully interchangeable?!

(Grrr, why does Chinese have so many similar words...?! Or - more to the point - why are dictionaries so pants at distinguishing them lol Thinking of writing my own Chinese dictionary...!)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Should [性质](http://youdao.com/w/%E6%80%A7%E8%B4%A8) ("property", which seems unrelated to "personality") be [气质](http://youdao.com/w/气质)?  
> **username_0**: Ah yes, that is probably true. My dictionary gives it as personality, but then the examples underneath all relate to inanimate objects. I suppose the personality of an inanimate object is its properties lol. Thanks for pointing that out!  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-04-15. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

As username_1 stated 性质 = property. It is unrelated to personality

* 性格 = personality
* 个 in 个性 means individual, therefore, 个性 implies 个人性格 (individual personality)


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