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{{Glossary list}}
{{Glossary list}}
This page lists Chinese 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.
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.


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|P
|P
|pi
|pi
|[[femme]] (in reference to a woman)
|[[femme]] (in reference to princess-like women)
|-
|-
| 人妖
| 人妖
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|T
|T
|ti
|ti
|butch
|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
| 他
| 他
| tā
| 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). They all have the same pronunciation, which makes spoken Mandarin pronouns inclusive.
| 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
|同性恋
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| zìwǒ dìngyì
| zìwǒ dìngyì
| self-definition (can be used in reference to gender)
| 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===
===External Links===
* [http://sex.ncu.edu.tw/ Center for the Study of Sexualities]
* [http://sex.ncu.edu.tw/ Center for the Study of Sexualities]
* [http://leslovestudy.com/liberal-studies/index.shtml 通色.通性-性傾向及性別身份認同通識教材]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170826124241/http://leslovestudy.com/liberal-studies/index.shtml 通色.通性-性傾向及性別身份認同通識教材]
* [http://transgender-taiwan.org/index.php?title=%E9%A6%96%E9%A0%81 Taiwan Transgender Butterfly Garden]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170617103335/http://transgender-taiwan.org/index.php?title=%E9%A6%96%E9%A0%81 Taiwan Transgender Butterfly Garden]


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