性别

Character by character

• 性xìng8 strokesHSK 3nature, character, sex
• 别bié7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 別separate, other; do not

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 性别. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 别biéHSK 1

  to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别)

• 别人bié renHSK 1

  other people; others; other person

• 特别tè biéHSK 2

  unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular

• 别的bié deHSK 1

  else; other

• 性xìngHSK 3

  nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence

• 女性nǚ xìngHSK 5

  woman; the female sex

• 性感xìng gǎn

  sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy

• 区别qū biéHSK 3

  difference; to distinguish; to discriminate; to make a distinction

• 个性gè xìngHSK 3

  individuality; personality

• 分别fēn biéHSK 3

  to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually

• 男性nán xìngHSK 5

  the male sex; a male

• 性格xìng géHSK 3

  nature; disposition; temperament; character

• 告别gào biéHSK 3

  to leave; to part from; to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to

• 别墅bié shùHSK 7

  villa

• 级别jí biéHSK 7

  (military) rank; level; grade

• 理性lǐ xìngHSK 7

  reason; rationality; rational

• 人性rén xìngHSK 7

  human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes

• 差别chā biéHSK 5

  difference; distinction; disparity

• 识别shí biéHSK 7

  to distinguish; to discern; to identify; to recognize

• 异性yì xìngHSK 7

  the opposite sex; of the opposite sex; heterosexual; different in nature

• 性质xìng zhìHSK 4

  nature; characteristic

• 阳性yáng xìngHSK 7

  positive; masculine

• 性命xìng mìngHSK 7

  life

• 个别gè biéHSK 4

  individually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare