Glossary of Chinese gender and sex terminology

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B

• 扮装皇后；扮裝皇后 (bànzhuāng huánghòu) drag queen
• 变性人；變性人 (biànxìng rén) transgender people
• 变性者；變性者 (biànxìng zhě) transgender person
• 不男不女的；不男不女的 (bù nán bù nǚ de) androgynous
• 不男不女的人；不男不女的人 (bù nán bù nǚ de rén) androgynous person

C

• 雌雄同体；雌雄同體 (cíxióngtóngtǐ) androgyny
• 雌雄间性；雌雄間性 (cíxióngjiānxìng) intersex, intersexuality

D

• 第三性别；第三性別 (dì sān xìngbié) third gender

F

• 反串秀者；反串秀者 (fǎnchuàn xiù zhě) drag
• 反串者 ；反串者 (fǎnchuàn zhě) transvestite
• 非男非女 ；非男非女 (fēi nán fēi nǚ) neither man nor woman

H

• 海吉拉 ；海吉拉 (hǎijí lā) hijra
• 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

K

• 跨性别；跨性別 (kuà xìngbié) transgender
• 酷儿; 酷兒 (kù er) queer
• 酷儿理论；酷兒理論 (kù er lǐlùn) queer theory

N

• 乸型 ；乸型 (nǎxíng) sissy man, effeminate man (Hong Kong; Cantonese pronunciation: naa2 jing4)
• 男人婆 ；男人婆 (nánrén pó) tomboy
• 男性特质；男性特質 (nánxìng tèzhì) masculinity
• 娘娘腔；娘娘腔 (niángniang qiāng) sissy
• 女性特质 ；女性特質 (nǚxìng tèzhì) femininity

R

• 人妖 ；人妖 (rényāo) gender-bender (literally "human monster" or "human demon", often used as a transphobic term to describe someone who is transgendered, transsexual, a transvestite or a ladyboy)

S

• 生理性别；生理性別 (shēnglǐ xìngbié) biological sex
• 双灵；雙靈 (shuāng líng) two-spirit
• 双性同体；雙性同體 (shuāng xìng tóngtǐ) androgyny
• 双性人；雙性人(shuāng xìng rén) intersex person; intersexuality

T

• 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). They all have the same pronunciation, which makes spoken Mandarin pronouns inclusive.

X

• 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
• 性别焦虑症；性別焦慮症 (xìngbié jiāolǜ zhèng) gender dysphoria
• 性别角色 ；性別角色 (xìngbié juésè) gender role
• 性别酷儿 ；性別酷兒 (xìngbié kù er) 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

Y

• 易装欲 ；易裝慾 (yì zhuāng yù) transvestism
• 易装癖者 ；易裝癖者 (yì zhuāng pǐ zhě) transvestite
• 阴阳人；陰陽人 (yīnyáng rén) yin-yang person (androgynous, nonbinary, bisexual; transgender or intersex)
• 异性 ；異性 (yìxìng) the opposite sex

Z

• 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)

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