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Glossary of Chinese gender and sex terminology: Difference between revisions

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| 不男不女的
| 不男不女的
| bù nán bù nǚ de
| bù nán bù nǚ de
| androgynous
| not feminine and not masculine, derogatory
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| 不男不女的人
| 不男不女的人
| bù nán bù nǚ de rén
| androgynous person
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| 雌雄同体
| 雌雄同体
| 雌雄同體  
| 雌雄同體
| cíxióngtóngtǐ
| cíxióngtóngtǐ
| androgyny
| androgyny (biologically, for animals or plants), androgynous in presentation (for humans), whether negative or positive tone depends on context
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| 雌雄间性
| 雌雄间性
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| dì sān xìngbié
| dì sān xìngbié
| third gender
| third gender
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|非二元性别
|非二元性別
|fēi èr yuán xìng bié
|nonbinary, nonbinary gender
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| 秀者
| 秀者
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| 海吉拉
| 海吉拉
| hǎijí lā
| hǎijí lā
| hijra
| hijra, translated from Indian
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| 宦官
| 宦官
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| huànguān
| huànguān
| eunuch
| eunuch
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|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
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| 灰色地带
| 灰色地带
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| 娘娘腔
| 娘娘腔
| niángniang qiāng
| niángniang qiāng
| sissy
| (voice) sissy, derogatory
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|娘炮
|娘炮
|tài jiān
|sissy man, effeminate man, derogatory
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| 女性特质
| 女性特质
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| 人妖
| 人妖
| rényāo
| rényāo
| gender-bender (literally "human monster" or "human demon", often used as a transphobic term to describe someone who is transgender, transsexual, a transvestite or a "ladyboy")
| gender-bender (literally "human monster" or "human demon", often used as a transphobic term to describe a trans woman, a "ladyboy")
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| 生理性别
| 生理性别
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| 雙靈
| 雙靈
| shuāng líng
| shuāng líng
| two-spirit
| two-spirit, translated from English as a way to refer to the identity
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| 双性同体
| 双性同体
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| shuāng xìng rén
| shuāng xìng rén
| intersex person; intersexuality
| intersex person; intersexuality
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|间性人
|間性人
|jiān xìng rén
|intersex person (more respectable term)
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| 他
| 他
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