<p>It refers to &quot;adjective&quot;, from the Chinese word <a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E5%BD%A2%E5%AE%B9%E8%AF%8D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">形容词</a> (<strong>xíng</strong>​róng​cí​) = &quot;adjective&quot;:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Unit: Adjective</p>
<ul>
<li>NOTE: this category covers adjectival noun [compound] headers    (ie. definitions that are commonly paired with nouns in compound   form).
<strong>What are conventionally considered &quot;adjectives&quot; in the    English
language are classified by the system as Xingrongci    (ie. Xing).</strong>
Compound elements containing Xing may be considered    Adjectives in
terms of their functionally in Chinese grammar. For    algorithmic
purposes, this category can be considered a low-confidence   form of
Xingrongci.</li>
</ul>
<p>Unit: Xing<br />
<sub>David Lancashire, <a href="https://github.com/wtanaka/adso" rel="nofollow noreferrer">adso</a>, GitHub.</sub></p>
</blockquote>
<p>So this dictionary has both &quot;Xing&quot; and &quot;Adjt&quot;.  As far as I'm aware, this usage is unique to this dictionary.</p>

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2022-06-06T02:28:37.983Z
didn't know theres a git repo for that!
diedrop
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Becky 李蓓
<p>I have downloaded the Adsotrans Chinese-English dictionary add-ons on Pleco,
and when I search for 松茸 this came up.
Other result may annotate translations as noun, adj, verb etc. but I have never seen this before. What does <code>XING</code> here mean?</p>
<p>I found a post on <a href="https://plecoforums.com/threads/beta-5-bug-report-feedback-thread.1369/page-3#post-8661" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pleco forum</a>, but no one seems to address it either.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uW5Iu.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uW5Iu.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>I also exported the <a href="http://adsotrans.com/downloads/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">adso database</a>, and there are words that has <code>XING</code> annotation.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/c7ADC.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/c7ADC.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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形容詞 (xingrongci)? Maybe they forgot to convert it to ADJT?
tuo
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oh, thats possible, but let me check for another occurrences of `XING` in the database to make sure
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What does 'xing' in adsotrans dictionary mean?
# What does 'xing' in adsotrans dictionary mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-16)

I have downloaded the Adsotrans Chinese-English dictionary add-ons on Pleco,
and when I search for 松茸 this came up.
Other result may annotate translations as noun, adj, verb etc. but I have never seen this before. What does `XING` here mean?

I found a post on [pleco forum](https://plecoforums.com/threads/beta-5-bug-report-feedback-thread.1369/page-3#post-8661), but no one seems to address it either.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/uW5Iu.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/uW5Iu.jpg)

I also exported the [adso database](http://adsotrans.com/downloads/), and there are words that has `XING` annotation.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/c7ADC.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/c7ADC.png)

**Tags:** dictionary, notation
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 形容詞 (xingrongci)? Maybe they forgot to convert it to ADJT?  
> **username_0**: oh, thats possible, but let me check for another occurrences of `XING` in the database to make sure  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-06-02. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

It refers to "adjective", from the Chinese word [形容词](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E5%BD%A2%E5%AE%B9%E8%AF%8D) (**xíng**​róng​cí​) = "adjective":

> Unit: Adjective
>
> * NOTE: this category covers adjectival noun [compound] headers (ie. definitions that are commonly paired with nouns in compound form).
>   **What are conventionally considered "adjectives" in the English
>   language are classified by the system as Xingrongci (ie. Xing).**
>   Compound elements containing Xing may be considered Adjectives in
>   terms of their functionally in Chinese grammar. For algorithmic
>   purposes, this category can be considered a low-confidence form of
>   Xingrongci.
>
> Unit: Xing  
> David Lancashire, [adso](https://github.com/wtanaka/adso), GitHub.

So this dictionary has both "Xing" and "Adjt". As far as I'm aware, this usage is unique to this dictionary.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: didn't know theres a git repo for that!  

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