Glossary of Chinese gender and sex terminology: Difference between revisions
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| 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). They all have the same pronunciation, which makes spoken Mandarin pronouns inclusive. | ||
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|同性恋 | |||
|同性戀 | |||
|tóng xìng liàn | |||
|homosexual | |||
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| 性別不明 | | 性別不明 | ||