Glossary of Chinese gender and sex terminology

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This page lists Chinese Mandarin terms related to gender and sex. They are sorted according to the Pinyin transcription in alphabetical order, as well as according to the root order of both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. You can change the sort key by clicking the small arrow next to the desired column heading.

Simplified Chinese	Traditional Chinese	Pinyin transcription	English translation or explanation
扮装皇后	扮裝皇后	bànzhuāng huánghòu	drag queen
变性人	變性人	biànxìng rén	transgender person or people (connotation is more like transsexual)
变性者	變性者	biànxìng zhě	transgender person (connotation is more like transsexual)
不男不女的	不男不女的	bù nán bù nǚ de	not feminine and not masculine, derogatory
雌雄同体	雌雄同體	cíxióngtóngtǐ	androgyny (biologically, for animals or plants), androgynous in presentation (for humans), whether negative or positive tone depends on context
雌雄间性	雌雄間性	cíxióngjiānxìng	intersex, intersexuality
第三性别	第三性別	dì-sān xìngbié	third gender
非二元性别	非二元性別	fēièryuán xìngbié	nonbinary, nonbinary gender
秀者	反串秀者	fǎnchuàn xiù zhě	drag
反串者	反串者	fǎnchuàn zhě	transvestite
泛性恋	泛性	fàn xìng liàn	pansexuality
非男非女	非男非女	fēi nán fēi nǚ	neither man nor woman
海吉拉	海吉拉	hǎijí lā	hijra, translated from Indian
宦官	宦官	huànguān	eunuch
灰色地带	灰色地帶	huīsè dìdài	gray area (can be used in reference to gender, the space between man and woman)
间性人	間性人	jiānxìngrén	intersex person (more respectable term)
跨性别	跨性別	kuàxìngbié	transgender
酷儿	酷兒	kùér	queer
酷儿理论	酷兒理論	kùér lǐlùn	queer theory
乸型	乸型	nǎxíng	sissy man, effeminate man, derogatory (Hong Kong; Cantonese pronunciation: naa2 jing4)
男人婆	男人婆	nánrénpó	tomboy, derogatory
男性特质	男性特質	nánxìng tèzhì	masculinity
娘炮	娘炮	niángpào	sissy man, effeminate man, derogatory
娘娘腔	娘娘腔	niángniangqiāng	(voice) sissy, derogatory
女性特质	女性特質	nǚxìng tèzhì	femininity
P	P	pi	femme (in reference to princess-like women)
人妖	人妖	rényāo	gender-bender (literally "human monster" or "human demon", often used as a transphobic term to describe a trans woman, a "ladyboy")
生理性别	生理性別	shēnglǐ xìngbié	biological sex
双灵	雙靈	shuāng líng	two-spirit, translated from English as a way to refer to the identity
双性同体	雙性同體	shuāng xìng tóngtǐ	androgyny
双性人	雙性人	shuāng xìng rén	intersex person; intersexuality
太监	太監	tài jiān	eunuch, historically used for the boys who suffered genital mutilation to serve in the royal palace, sometimes used as derogatory term for effeminate men
T	T	ti	butch or masculine lesbian (T for tomboy)
长发T	長髮T	cháng fǎ tī	long-haired masculine lesbian
百合	百合	bǎi hé	lily, meaning lesbian
他	他	tā	A third-person pronoun which was once inclusive (its character has the compound form of 人, or "person"), but its meaning was corrupted to mean "he" after the introduction of 她 (she, with the character for female: 女) and 它 (it). Though they all have the same pronunciation, it does not make Mandarin inclusive when written nowadays.
同性恋	同性戀	tóngxìngliàn	homosexual
无性恋	無性戀	wúxìngliàn	asexual
性別不明	性別不明	xìngbié bùmíng	gender unknown
性别操演	性別操演	xìngbié cāoyǎn	gender performativity
性别光谱	性別光譜	xìngbié guāngpǔ	gender spectrum
性别规范	性別規範	xìngbié guīfàn	gender norms
性别焦虑	性別焦慮	xìngbié jiāolǜ	gender dysphoria
性别角色	性別角色	xìngbié juésè	gender role
性别酷儿	性別酷兒	xìngbié kùér	genderqueer
性别认同	性別認同	xìngbié rèntóng	gender identity
性别认同障碍	性別認同障礙	xìngbié rèntóng zhàng'ài	gender identity disorder
性別刻板印象	性別刻板印象	xìngbié kèbǎn yìnxiàng	gender stereotypes
性別越界	性別越界	xìngbié yuèjiè	gender transgression
易装癖	易裝癖	yìzhuāngpǐ	transvestism (derogatory)
易装癖者	易裝癖者	yìzhuāngpǐzhě	transvestite (derogatory)
阴阳人	陰陽人	yīnyángrén	yin-yang person (androgynous, nonbinary, bisexual; transgender or intersex), normally used as a slur.
异性	異性	yìxìng	the opposite sex
在中间	在中間	zài zhōngjiān	in between (can be used in reference to gender)
中性人	中性人	zhōng xìng rén	neutral person
自我定义	自我定義	zìwǒ dìngyì	self-definition (can be used in reference to gender)
0	0	líng	bottom
1	1	yī	top
0.5	0.5	líng dián wǔ	vers (abbreviation for versatile)
	偏0	piān líng	bottom vers
	偏1	piān yī	top vers
熊	熊	xióng	bear (a large gay man with a lot of hair)
水獭	水獺	shuǐ tǎ	otter (a gay man who is slim and has a lot of hair)
兔儿神	兔兒神	tú ér shēng	rabbit god (late imperial derogatory Chinese term for homosexual man)

External Links

• Center for the Study of Sexualities
• 通色．通性-性傾向及性別身份認同通識教材
• Taiwan Transgender Butterfly Garden

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