Glossary of Chinese gender and sex terminology: Difference between revisions

    (added "P" and "T", common terms for butch and femme)
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    | huànguān
    | huànguān
    | eunuch
    | eunuch
    |-
    |太监
    |太監
    |tài jiān
    |eunuch, historically used for the boys who suffered genital multination to serve in the royal palace, sometimes used as derogatory term for effiminate men
    |-
    |-
    | 灰色地带
    | 灰色地带
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    | huīsè dìdài
    | huīsè dìdài
    | gray area (can be used in reference to gender, the space between man and woman)
    | gray area (can be used in reference to gender, the space between man and woman)
    |-
    |间性人
    |間性人
    |jiān xìng rén
    |intersex person (more respectable term)
    |-
    |-
    | 跨性别
    | 跨性别
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    | sissy man, effeminate man (Hong Kong; Cantonese pronunciation: naa2 jing4)
    | sissy man, effeminate man (Hong Kong; Cantonese pronunciation: naa2 jing4)
    |-
    |-
    | 男人婆  
    | 男人婆
    | 男人婆  
    | 男人婆
    | nánrén pó
    | nánrén pó
    | tomboy
    | tomboy
    |-
    |T
    |T
    |ti
    |butch
    |-
    |P
    |P
    |pi
    |femme (in reference to a woman)
    |-
    |-
    | 男性特质
    | 男性特质
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    | niángniang qiāng
    | niángniang qiāng
    | (voice) sissy, derogatory
    | (voice) sissy, derogatory
    |-
    |娘炮
    |娘炮
    |tài jiān
    |sissy man, effeminate man, derogatory
    |-
    |-
    | 女性特质
    | 女性特质
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    | nǚxìng tèzhì
    | nǚxìng tèzhì
    | femininity
    | femininity
    |-
    |P
    |P
    |pi
    |femme (in reference to a woman)
    |-
    |-
    | 人妖
    | 人妖
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    |-
    |-
    | 双性同体
    | 双性同体
    | 雙性同體  
    | 雙性同體
    | shuāng xìng tóngtǐ
    | shuāng xìng tóngtǐ
    | androgyny
    | androgyny
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    | intersex person; intersexuality
    | intersex person; intersexuality
    |-
    |-
    |间性人
    |太监
    |間性人
    |太監
    |jiān xìng rén
    |tài jiān
    |intersex person (more respectable term)
    |eunuch, historically used for the boys who suffered genital multination to serve in the royal palace, sometimes used as derogatory term for effiminate men
    |-
    |娘炮
    |娘炮
    |tài jiān
    |sissy man, effeminate man, derogatory
    |-
    |T
    |T
    |ti
    |butch
    |-
    |-
    | 他
    | 他
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