易性

Chinese

		to change	sex
simp. and trad. (易性)		易	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ sing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìsìng
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: yì-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshinq
    • Palladius: исин (isin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 意興 / 意兴 異姓 / 异姓 異性 / 异性 義行 / 义行

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶ sing³
    • Yale: yihk sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² sɪŋ³³/

Verb

易性

1. (chiefly in compounds) to have a sex change; to be transexual

   • 可以相信，一旦易性成功，如願以償，他（她）也就容易當好這個角色。 [MSC, trad.]
     可以相信，一旦易性成功，如愿以偿，他（她）也就容易当好这个角色。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2005 November 12, Deng Weizhi, 《从性别观说开去》, in People's Daily, →ISSN, page 7

     Kěyǐ xiàngxìn, yīdàn yìxìng chénggōng, rúyuànyǐcháng, tā (tā) yě jiù róngyì dāng hǎo zhège juésè. [Pinyin]

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   • […]，有的易性願望不能得到滿足便企圖自殺，往往伴有抑鬱症狀。 [MSC, trad.]
     […]，有的易性愿望不能得到满足便企图自杀，往往伴有抑郁症状。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 November 23, National Health Commission, 《精神障碍诊疗规范（2020年版）》, page 387

     […], yǒude yìxìng yuànwàng bùnéng dédào mǎnzú biàn qǐtú zìshā, wǎngwǎng bànyǒu yìyù zhèngzhuàng. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 變性／变性 (biànxìng)

Derived terms

• 易性症 (yìxìngzhèng)
• 易性病
• 易性癖 (yìxìngpǐ)