WordTaiwan frequency #21,391
異性戀
ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
“heterosexuality; sexual attraction to the opposite sex”
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異
ㄧˋ
Different; other; unusual; strange; to distinguish; to separate; surprising; to discriminate; a strange thing.
性
ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Nature; character; personality; temperament; quality; attribute; sex; gender; sexuality; essence; life; suffix forming nouns like '-ness' or '-ity'.
戀
ㄌㄧㄢˋ
To love or feel deep affection for someone or something; to long for or yearn for; to be attached to and unwilling to part with.
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Words sharing these characters
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- 女性ㄋㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋwoman; the female sex; adult human female; women as a group
- 男性ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋa male; the male sex; men in general; a man.
- 個性˙ㄍㄜ ㄒㄧㄥˋpersonality; individuality; the distinctive character or temperament of a person
- 差異ㄔㄚ ㄧˋdifference; discrepancy; divergence between things; in statistics, the spread or dispersion of a set of values
- 性格ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄜˊpersonality; character; temperament; the combination of traits that define a person's nature.
- 理性ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋthe ability to think, judge, and reason; rationality; calm, logical thinking as opposed to emotion.
- 可能性ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋpossibility; probability; the quality of being able to happen or become real.
- 性別ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊsex; gender; biological sex; socially constructed roles and behaviors associated with being male or female
- 異常ㄧˋ ㄔㄤˊunormal; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
- 重要性ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋimportance; the quality or state of being significant, essential, or of great consequence.
- 彈性ㄊㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋelasticity; flexibility; ability to recover shape after deformation; figurative flexibility in rules or standards
- 特性ㄊㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋa distinguishing quality or trait; characteristic; property; an inherent feature that sets something apart.