Chinese

Noun

性別

1. sex; gender

   我不能從中文名中看出性別。 [MSC, trad.]

   我不能从中文名中看出性别。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bù néng cóng zhōngwén míng zhōng kàn chu xìngbié. [Pinyin]

   I can't differentiate gender in Chinese names.

   愛情不分性別。 / 爱情不分性别。  ―  Àiqíng bùfēn xìngbié.  ―  Love is love, regardless of gender.

Derived terms

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) せいべつ [sèébétsú] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːbe̞t͡sɯᵝ]

Noun

性別 ‎(hiragana せいべつ, romaji seibetsu)

1. sex, gender

Derived terms

• 性別違和 (せいべついわ) ‎(seibetsu iwa, “gender dysphoria”)
• 性別役割分業 (せいべつやくわりぶんぎょう) ‎(seibetsu yakuwari bungyō)

See also

• 男性 (だんせい) ‎(dansei, “male”)
• 女性 (じょせい) ‎(josei, “female”)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

性別 • ‎(seongbyeol) ‎(hangeul 성별)

1. Hanja form^? of 성별, “sex, gender”.