sing3 bit6性別性别
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Yalesing biht
Definition
Sex or gender.
- biological sex, distinguishing male and female
- socially constructed gender, including expectations, standards, and roles
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How it's used
While often used in formal contexts like official documents or medical forms, it is also standard in discussions about social equality and identity. It functions as a neutral, clinical term compared to more colloquial ways of referring to being a man or woman. In modern discourse, it is increasingly used to distinguish between biological sex and social gender roles.
Examples
You need to fill in your gender when filling out the form.
They do not discriminate against people based on gender.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
