Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage today.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
同性
same nature
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
same nature
02
homosexual
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 同性 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 同性 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Gay marriage is permitted in less than 20% of countries.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 同性.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 同性.
Directly before
- 允许同性1
- 把同性1
Directly after
- 同性婚姻2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 同性
What does 同性 mean in Chinese?
同性 (tóngxìng) means same nature.
How do you pronounce 同性?
同性 is pronounced tóngxìng.
Is 同性 an HSK word?
同性 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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