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 (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶don-shin-li

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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-sin-lien
  - Hakka Romanization System: tungˇ 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
- (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

(uncountable) homosexuality
(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); 同性戀／同性恋 (tóngxìngliàn), 異性戀／异性恋 (yìxìngliàn), 雙性戀／双性恋 (shuāngxìngliàn), 無性戀／无性恋 (wúxìngliàn), 泛性戀／泛性恋 (fànxìngliàn), 智性戀／智性恋 (zhìxìngliàn) ^{(Category: zh:Sexual orientations)}

Derived terms

同性戀者／同性恋者 (tóngxìngliànzhě)