同性戀

See also: 同性恋

Chinese

		same-sex; having the same nature	feel attached to; long for; love
trad. (同性戀)		同性	戀
simp. (同性恋)		同性	恋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngxìngliàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ sing³ lyun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-sin-lien
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tông-sèng-loân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dang⁵ sên³ luêng³ / dang⁵ sên³ luang³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶don-shin-li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngxìngliàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngsìngliàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-hsing⁴-lien⁴
    • Yale: túng-syìng-lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngshinqliann
    • Palladius: тунсинлянь (tunsinljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ sing³ lyun²
    • Yale: tùhng sing lyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ sing³ lyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ xing³ lün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³ lyːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-sin-lien
    • Hakka Romanization System: tung^ˇ xin lien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung² xin⁴ lian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ sin⁵⁵ li̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-sèng-loân
    • Tâi-lô: tông-sìng-luân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongseangloaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ luan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ luan²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dang⁵ sên³ luêng³ / dang⁵ sên³ luang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâng sèⁿ luèng / tâng sèⁿ luàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ lueŋ²¹³/, /taŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ luaŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶don-shin-li
    • MiniDict: don^去 shin li
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³don-xin-li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²² ɕin⁵⁵ li²¹/

Noun

同性戀

1. (uncountable) homosexuality
2. (countable) homosexual

Synonyms

• (homosexuality): (Wu) 同性媾
• (homosexual): (Wu) 同性媾

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “homosexuality”): 異性戀／异性恋 (yìxìngliàn)
• (antonym(s) of “homosexual”): 異性戀／异性恋 (yìxìngliàn)

Coordinate terms

sexual orientations: 性取向 (xìngqǔxiàng)edit

• 同性戀／同性恋 (tóngxìngliàn)
• 智性戀／智性恋 (zhìxìngliàn)
• 泛性戀／泛性恋 (fànxìngliàn)
• 無性戀／无性恋 (wúxìngliàn)
• 異性戀／异性恋 (yìxìngliàn)
• 雙性戀／双性恋 (shuāngxìngliàn)

Derived terms

• 同性戀者 / 同性恋者 (tóngxìngliànzhě)

See also

• 同志 (tóngzhì)