性別

性別

See also: 性别

Chinese

		sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin
trad. (性別)		性	別
simp. (性别)		性	别

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngbié

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ bit⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sin-phe̍t
• Min Dong (BUC): séng-biék
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-pia̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên³ biêg⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): xin biq (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xìngbié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqbye
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ bit⁶
    • Yale: sing biht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ bit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ bid⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ piːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin-phe̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin ped
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴ ped⁶
    • IPA: /ɕin⁵⁵ pʰet̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-biék
    • IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(p-)miɛʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-pia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-pia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangpiat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ piɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ piɛt̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên³ biêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sèⁿ pie̍k
    • IPA ^(key): /sẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ piek̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xin biq (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɪɲ³³ b̻i̯ɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

性別

1. sex; gender

   我不能從中文名中看出性別。 [MSC, trad.]
   我不能从中文名中看出性别。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bù néng cóng zhōngwén míng zhōng kànchu xìngbié. [Pinyin]

   I can't tell the gender of Chinese names.

   愛情不分性別。 / 爱情不分性别。  ―  Àiqíng bùfēn xìngbié.  ―  Love is love, regardless of gender.

Derived terms

性別不安症／性别不安症 (xìngbié bù'ānzhèng) 性別歧視／性别歧视 (xìngbié qíshì) 性別焦慮症／性别焦虑症 (xìngbié jiāolǜzhèng) 性別研究／性别研究 (xìngbié yánjiū)

性別認同／性别认同 (xìngbié rèntóng) 跨性別／跨性别 (kuàxìngbié) 順性別／顺性别 (shùnxìngbié)

Descendants

• → Bouyei: xinqbief
• → Zhuang: singqbied, singbez

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
性	別
せい Grade: 5	べつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) せーべつ [sèébétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːbe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

性別 (hiragana せいべつ, rōmaji seibetsu)

1. sex, gender

Derived terms

• 性別違和 (せいべついわ) (seibetsu iwa, “gender dysphoria”)
• 性別役割分業 (せいべつやくわりぶんぎょう) (seibetsu yakuwari bungyō)

See also

• 男 (だん)性 (せい) (dansei, “male”)
• 女 (じょ)性 (せい) (josei, “female”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
性	別

Noun

性別 • (seongbyeol) (hangeul 성별)

1. Hanja form^? of 성별 (“sex, gender”).