Glossary of Chinese gender and sex terminology

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

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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)