Glossary of Chinese gender and sex terminology

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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.

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
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	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	fēi èr yuán xìng bié	nonbinary, nonbinary gender
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
海吉拉	海吉拉	hǎijí lā	hijra, translated from Indian
宦官	宦官	huànguān	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	灰色地帶	huīsè dìdài	gray area (can be used in reference to gender, the space between man and woman)
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
乸型	乸型	nǎxíng	sissy man, effeminate man (Hong Kong; Cantonese pronunciation: naa2 jing4)
男人婆	男人婆	nánrén pó	tomboy
T	T	ti	butch
P	P	pi	femme (in reference to a woman)
男性特质	男性特質	nánxìng tèzhì	masculinity
娘娘腔	娘娘腔	niángniang qiāng	(voice) sissy, derogatory
娘炮	娘炮	tài jiān	sissy man, effeminate man, derogatory
女性特质	女性特質	nǚxìng tèzhì	femininity
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
间性人	間性人	jiān xìng rén	intersex person (more respectable term)
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.
同性恋	同性戀	tóng xìng liàn	homosexual
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
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), 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)

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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