soeng1 sing3 lyun2雙性戀双性恋
Jyutpingsoeng1 sing3 lyun2
Yalesēung sing lyún
Definition
Bisexuality; a sexual orientation involving attraction to both one's own and other genders.
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How it's used
This term is used in formal, academic, or journalistic contexts to describe sexual orientation. In casual, everyday conversation, people often use the English loanword bi instead to sound more natural and less clinical.
Examples
keoi5 gung1 hoi1 zo2 zi6 gei2 hai6 soeng1 sing3 lyun2
佢公開咗自己係雙性戀。
They have come out as bisexual.
nei5 zi1 m4 zi1 keoi5 hai6 mai6 soeng1 sing3 lyun2 aa4
你知唔知佢係咪雙性戀呀？
Do you know if they are bisexual?
Related words
Common phrases
soeng1 sing3 lyun2 ze2
雙性戀者
bisexual person
Tone guide
T1High level
T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level
Grammar guides
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- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
