Glossary of Chinese gender and sex terminology

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    B

    • 扮装皇后 (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 (bù nán bù nǚ de) androgynous
    • 不男不女的人 (bù nán bù nǚ de rén) androgynous person

    C

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

    D

    • 第三性別 (dì sān xìngbié) third gender

    F

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

    H

    • 海吉拉 (hǎijí lā) hijra
    • 宦官 (huànguān) eunuch
    • 灰色地帶 (huīsè dìdài) gray area (can be used in reference to gender, the space between man and woman

    K

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

    N

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

    R

    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

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

    T

    • 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 (xìngbié bùmíng) gender unknown
    • 性別操演 (xìngbié cāoyǎn) gender performativity
    • 性別光譜; 性别光谱 (xìngbié guāngpǔ) gender spectrum
    • 性別規範; 性别规范 (xìngbié guīfàn) gender norms
    • 性別焦慮症; 性别焦虑症 (xìngbié jiāolǜ zhèng) gender dysphoria
    • 性別角色 (xìngbié juésè) gender role
    • 性别酷儿 (xìngbié kù er) genderqueer
    • 性別認同; 性别认同 (xìngbié rèntóng) gender identity
    • 性別認同障礙; 性别认同障碍 (xìngbié rèntóng zhàng'ài) gender identity disorder
    • 性別刻板印象 gender stereotypes
    • 性別越界 (xìngbié yuèjiè) gender transgression

    Y

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

    Z

    • 在中間 (zài zhōngjiān) in between (can be used in reference to gender)
    • 中性人 (zhōng xìng rén) neutral person
    • 自我定义 (zìwǒ dìngyì) self-definition (can be used in reference to gender)

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