Glossary of Chinese gender and sex terminology

This page lists Chinese Mandarin 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 (connotation is more like transsexual)
变性者 	變性者 	biànxìng zhě 	transgender person (connotation is more like transsexual)
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 	fēièryuán xìngbié 	nonbinary, nonbinary gender
秀者 	反串秀者 	fǎnchuàn xiù zhě 	drag
反串者 	反串者 	fǎnchuàn zhě 	transvestite
泛性恋 	泛性 	fàn xìng liàn 	pansexuality
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
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)
间性人 	間性人 	jiānxìngrén 	intersex person (more respectable term)
跨性别 	跨性別 	kuàxìngbié 	transgender
酷儿 	酷兒 	kùér 	queer
酷儿理论 	酷兒理論 	kùér lǐlùn 	queer theory
乸型 	乸型 	nǎxíng 	sissy man, effeminate man, derogatory (Hong Kong; Cantonese pronunciation: naa2 jing4)
男人婆 	男人婆 	nánrénpó 	tomboy, derogatory
男性特质 	男性特質 	nánxìng tèzhì 	masculinity
娘炮 	娘炮 	niángpào 	sissy man, effeminate man, derogatory
娘娘腔 	娘娘腔 	niángniangqiāng 	(voice) sissy, derogatory
女性特质 	女性特質 	nǚxìng tèzhì 	femininity
P 	P 	pi 	femme (in reference to princess-like women)
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
太监 	太監 	tài jiān 	eunuch, historically used for the boys who suffered genital mutilation to serve in the royal palace, sometimes used as derogatory term for effeminate men
T 	T 	ti 	butch or masculine lesbian (T for tomboy)
长发T 	長髮T 	cháng fǎ tī 	long-haired masculine lesbian
百合 	百合 	bǎi hé 	lily, meaning lesbian
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). Though they all have the same pronunciation, it does not make Mandarin inclusive when written nowadays.
同性恋 	同性戀 	tóngxìngliàn 	homosexual
无性恋 	無性戀 	wúxìngliàn 	asexual
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 	性別焦慮 	xìngbié jiāolǜ 	gender dysphoria
性别角色 	性別角色 	xìngbié juésè 	gender role
性别酷儿 	性別酷兒 	xìngbié kùér 	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
易装癖 	易裝癖 	yìzhuāngpǐ 	transvestism (derogatory)
易装癖者 	易裝癖者 	yìzhuāngpǐzhě 	transvestite (derogatory)
阴阳人 	陰陽人 	yīnyángrén 	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)
0 	0 	líng 	bottom
1 	1 	yī 	top
0.5 	0.5 	líng dián wǔ 	vers (abbreviation for versatile)
 	偏0 	piān líng 	bottom vers
 	偏1 	piān yī 	top vers
熊 	熊 	xióng 	bear (a large gay man with a lot of hair)
水獭 	水獺 	shuǐ tǎ 	otter (a gay man who is slim and has a lot of hair)
兔儿神 	兔兒神 	tú ér shēng 	rabbit god (late imperial derogatory Chinese term for homosexual man)
===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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