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性别 xìngbié

性别 xìngbié Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 性别 xìngbié .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xìngbié | xing4 bie2
English translation
gender
sex
distinguishing between the sexes

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Traditional form

性別

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 性别 xìngbié

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xìng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and shēng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

shēng

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

忄生

Number of Strokes

8
Bié

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of bié . Pictograph depicting cutting meat off of a bone.

Positional decomposition

另刂

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 性别 xìngbié

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个人 gèrén 从来 cónglái dōu 同意 tóngyì 性别 xìngbié yǒu 优劣 yōu liè 之分 de 观点 guāndiǎn

I've personally never subscribed to the view that either sex is superior to the other.

Shàn 性别 xìngbié 教育 jiàoyù duì 女孩 nǚ hái 好吗

Is single-sex education good for girls?

达拉 duì 我们 wǒmen 老一套 lǎo yī tào de 性别 xìngbié 女性 nǚ xìng 特质 tè zhì 观念 guānniàn 提出 tí chū le 异议 yì yì

Dara challenges our stereotypical ideas about gender and femininity.

很少读到 xiàng zhè 篇文章 bān 带有 dài yǒu 侮辱性 de 性别歧视 xìng bié qí shì de 东西 dōngxī

I have rarely read anything so insultingly sexist as this article.

生态 shēngtài 政治 zhèngzhì 性别 xìngbié 政治 zhèngzhì 论述 lùn shù 请见4 Zhāng

For a discussion of biology and sexual politics, see chapter

性别 xìngbié Decomposition

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性别 xìngbié Compounds

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