Glossary
A
aizibing |
艾滋病 |
AIDS |
aizibingdu |
艾滋病毒 |
AIDS virus |
anmoqi |
按摩器 |
massage device (vibrator) |
anquanqi biyun |
安全期避孕 |
rhythm method |
anquan xing xingwei |
安全性行为 |
safe sex |
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B
bai dagua |
白大褂 |
lab coat |
baiyoujie |
百忧解 |
‘hundred worries undone’ or Prozac |
baoban hunyin |
包办婚姻 |
arranged marriage |
baopi |
包皮 |
foreskin |
baopi huanqie shu |
包皮环切术 |
circumcision |
baopo |
包婆 |
hiring a woman to accompany a man on a business trip |
baoye |
包夜 |
spend the night (service offered by prostitute) |
beidong |
被动 |
passive |
biantai |
变态 |
perversion |
bian xing |
变性 |
sex change |
bi jing |
闭经 |
amenorrhea |
biyuntao |
避孕套 |
condom |
boqi gongneng zhang’ai |
勃起功能障碍 |
erectile dysfunction |
bu ru |
哺乳 |
breastfeed |
bu xiao you san wu hou wei da |
不孝有三无后为大 |
there are three ways to be unfilial and the worst of these is to have no children |
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C
chanqian |
产钳 |
forceps |
chonghun |
重婚 |
bigamy |
chongqi wa |
充气娃 |
inflatable doll |
chongying (haimian ti) |
充盈 ( 海绵体 ) |
filling (of the erectile tissue) |
choudong |
抽动 |
thrust |
chui shao |
吹哨 |
give a blow job |
chun gong hua |
春宫画 |
‘spring palace picture’ (erotic drawing) |
chunümo |
处女膜 |
hymen |
ci jisu |
雌激素 |
estrogen |
cuda jianying |
粗大坚硬 |
thick and hard (describing a penis) |
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D
dabian shi jin |
大便失禁 |
incontinence |
da feiji |
打飞机 |
give a hand job |
da guniang |
大姑娘 |
old maid |
dananzizhuyi |
大男子主义 |
male chauvinism |
dan qin jiating |
单亲家庭 |
single parent family |
daode pinzhi |
道德品质 |
moral quality or standing |
da pao |
打炮 |
‘fire a cannon’ (one instance of sexual intercourse - used in commercial sex) |
da tai |
打胎 |
have an abortion |
da yinchun |
大阴唇 |
labia majora |
di er xingzheng |
第二性征 |
secondary sex characteristics |
dingdong xiaojie |
叮咚小姐 |
doorbell girl (a prostitute who solicits hotel guests in their rooms) |
di san zhe |
第三者 |
‘the third party’ (a mistress) |
duoqizhi |
多妻制 |
polygamy |
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E
er nai |
二奶 |
women who are rented as second wives or semi-permanent mistresses |
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F
fayu rufang |
发育乳房 |
develop breasts |
falang mei |
发廊妹 |
women who sell sex in hairdresser’s, saunas, massage parlours |
fanshilin |
凡士林 |
vaseline |
fan yan |
繁衍 |
to breed |
fanzhi li |
繁殖力 |
reproductive capacity |
fang shi |
房事 |
to have sex |
fangzhong shu |
房中术 |
Arts of the Bedchamber |
fei chufang yao |
非处方药 |
over-the-counter drugs |
fei hun xing xingwei |
非婚性行为 |
non-marital sex |
fei zi |
妃子 |
imperial concubine |
fenmian |
分娩 |
childbirth |
fengman |
丰满 |
full (used to describe desirable breast shape) |
fuai |
抚爱 |
to caress |
fugao |
附睾 |
epididymis |
fuqi guanxi |
夫妻关系 |
marital relations |
fuquan |
父权 |
patriarchy |
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G
G dian |
G 点 |
G spot |
gangjiao |
肛交 |
anal sex |
gangmen |
肛门 |
anus |
gaochao |
高潮 |
orgasm |
gaotong |
睾酮 |
testosterone |
gaowan |
睾丸 |
testis |
gengnian qi |
更年期 |
menopause |
gongjing tupian |
宫颈涂片 |
cervical smear |
gongnei jieyu qi |
宫内节育器 |
IUD |
gupen |
骨盆 |
pelvis |
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H
haimian jia ru shuangceng ruzhao |
海绵假乳双层乳罩 |
padded bra |
han bao dai fang |
含苞待放 |
‘the bud is about to flower’ (of adolescent girls) |
houjin shi |
后进式 |
rear entry |
huajing |
滑精 |
spermatorrhoea |
huangse |
黄色 |
pornographic |
huangti tong |
黄体酮 |
progesterone |
huan jing bu nao |
还精补脑 |
(retain and) return sperm to nourish the brain |
huiyin |
诲淫 |
lewd and provocative |
huiyin bu |
会阴部 |
perineum |
hunwai lian |
婚外恋 |
extramarital relations |
hunyin guanxi |
婚姻关系 |
marital relations |
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J
jianhong |
见红 |
‘see the red’ (blood when the hymen breaks) |
jianshi |
奸尸 |
necrophilia |
jianweiqi |
健慰器 |
‘health consolation machine’ or vibrator |
jiaogou |
交媾 |
copulation |
jiating hemu |
家庭和睦 |
domestic accord |
jia yangju |
假阳具 |
dildo |
jia yinjing |
假阴茎 |
dildo |
jie nü |
街女 |
street walker (prostitute) |
jiepou xue |
解剖学 |
anatomy |
jiewen |
接吻 |
to kiss |
jieyu |
节欲 |
celibacy |
jieyu cuoshi |
节育措施 |
contraceptive methods |
jihuawai shengyu |
计划外生育 |
out-of-plan birth |
ji jian |
鸡奸 |
sodomy |
jingnang |
精囊 |
seminal vesicle |
jingqianqi jinzhang zonghezheng |
经前期紧张综合症 |
premenstrual tension |
jingshen bing |
精神病 |
mental illness |
jingshen shuairuo |
精神衰弱 |
neurasthenia |
jingye |
精液 |
semen |
jingzi |
精子 |
sperm |
jingzi ku |
精子库 |
sperm bank |
jinie fa |
挤捏法 |
the squeeze technique |
jinji |
禁忌 |
a taboo |
jinü |
妓女 |
prostitute |
jiqing |
激情 |
passion |
jisu |
激素 |
hormone |
juejingqi |
绝经期 |
menopause |
jueyu |
绝育 |
sterilisation |
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K
kang yiyu yao |
抗抑郁药 |
anti-depressant |
kexue |
科学 |
science |
kou jiao |
口交 |
oral sex |
ku er |
酷儿 |
queer (transliteration) |
kuiyin pi |
窥阴癖 |
voyeurism |
kuozhang qi |
扩张器 |
dilator |
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L
lala |
拉拉 |
lesbian |
lianfen zheng |
恋粪症 |
coprophilia |
liantong zheng |
恋童症 |
paedophilia |
liangxing jixing |
两性畸形 |
intersexuality |
lianwu pi |
恋物癖 |
fetishism |
lin bing |
淋病 |
gonorrhoea |
liu chan |
流产 |
miscarriage |
liumang |
流氓 |
hooligan (often referring to homosexual acts) |
liuxingbing xue |
流行病学 |
epidemiology |
luanchao |
卵巢 |
ovary |
luanchao nangzhong |
卵巢囊肿 |
ovarian cyst |
luanzi |
卵子 |
ovum |
luanlun |
乱伦 |
incest |
lunjian |
轮奸 |
gang rape |
lunli xue |
伦理学 |
ethics |
lu yin pi |
露阴癖 |
exhibitionism |
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M
maiyin |
卖淫 |
prostitution |
maiyin funü |
卖淫妇女 |
a prostitute |
meidu |
梅毒 |
syphilis |
meishuo hun |
媒妁婚 |
arranged marriage |
mianyan zhongzu |
绵延种族 |
continue the race |
miniao ke |
泌尿科 |
urology |
miyue |
蜜月 |
honeymoon |
moca pi |
摩擦癖 |
frotteurism |
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N
nan duan nü chang |
男短女长 |
men are brief and women are lengthy |
nan kuai nü man |
男快女慢 |
men are quick and women are slow |
nan qiang nü ruo |
男强女弱 |
men are strong and women are weak |
nan shang nü xia |
男上女下 |
missionary position |
nanzihan |
男子汉 |
a ‘real’ man |
neifenmi xitong |
内分泌系统 |
endocrine system |
nianzhujun bing |
念珠菌病 |
candidiasis |
niaodao yan |
尿道炎 |
urinary tract infection |
nixing shejing |
逆行射精 |
retrograde ejaculation |
nuanbao si yinyu |
暖饱思阴欲 |
when warm and fed, thoughts turn to sex |
nüxing zhuyi |
女性主义 |
feminism |
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P
pailuan |
排卵 |
ovulate |
paozhen |
疱疹 |
herpes |
peitai |
胚胎 |
embryo |
penqiang |
盆腔 |
pelvis |
piaochang |
嫖娼 |
visit a brothel |
pingtai qi |
平台期 |
plateau (of the Human Sexual Response Cycle) |
piruan |
疲软 |
flaccid |
posun chunüm |
破损处女膜 |
break the hymen |
pougongchan |
剖宫产 |
caesarian |
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Q
qiangjian |
强奸 |
rape |
qianliexian |
前列腺 |
prostate gland |
qianxi |
前嬉 |
foreplay |
qie |
妾 |
concubine |
qingren jie |
情人节 |
Valentine’s Day |
qinni |
亲昵 |
intimate |
qinsheng mu |
亲生母 |
birthmother |
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R
ranseti |
染色体 |
chromosome |
rengong liuchan |
人工流产 |
abortion |
rengong shoujing |
人工授精 |
artificial insemination |
renshen jianchi |
妊娠检查 |
pregnancy test |
rufang |
乳房 |
breast |
rufang qiechu shu |
乳房切除术 |
mastectomy |
runhua |
润滑 |
lubrication |
rutou |
乳头 |
nipple |
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S
sao huang |
扫黄 |
sweep away the yellow (pornography) |
seqing |
色情 |
erotic |
shejing |
射精 |
ejaculate |
shengzhi qiguan |
生殖器官 |
reproductive organs |
shiguan yinger |
试管婴儿 |
test-tube baby |
shihun |
试婚 |
cohabitation |
shiniaozheng |
嗜尿症 |
urophilia |
shi nüe zheng |
施虐症 |
sadism |
shi se xing ye |
食色性也 |
appetite for food and sex is natural |
shitong zheng |
嗜童癖 |
paedophilia |
shoujian zheng |
兽奸症 |
zoophilia |
shoujing |
受精 |
fertilisation |
shou nüe zheng |
受虐症 |
masochism |
shouyin |
手淫 |
‘hand lewdness’ or masturbation |
shuangxinglian |
双性恋 |
bisexuality |
shujingguan |
输精管 |
vas deferens |
shuluanguan |
输卵管 |
fallopian tube |
sishengzi |
私生子 |
illegitimate child |
suoyang |
缩阳 |
koro |
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T
taijian |
太监 |
eunuch |
taipan |
胎盘 |
placenta |
tan lian’ai |
谈恋爱 |
to go out with |
tan xing se bian |
谈性色变 |
colour at the mention of sex |
ti wai paijing fa |
体外排精法 |
withdrawal (method of contraception) |
tongjing |
痛经 |
dysmenorrhoea |
tongju |
同居 |
cohabit |
tongxinglian |
同性恋 |
homosexuality |
tongzhi |
同志 |
gay |
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W
waiyin |
外阴 |
vulva |
waiyong shajing yao |
外用杀精药 |
spermicide |
wan’ai ke |
万艾可 |
Viagra |
wanmei hexie |
完美和谐 |
perfect and harmonious (used to describe marital relations) |
weige |
伟哥 |
‘magnificent elder brother’ (popular name for Viagra) |
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X
xia gongpeng |
下工棚 |
‘under the building site shed’ (woman who sells sex to migrant workers on building sites) |
xia liu |
下流 |
obscene |
xianjingzhe |
献精者 |
sperm donor |
xianqi liangmu |
贤妻良母 |
virtuous wife and good mother |
xiaotui qi |
消退期 |
resolution phase (of the Human Sexual Response Cycle) |
xiao yinchun |
小阴唇 |
labia minora |
xing baojian |
性保健 |
sexual healthcare |
xing biantai |
性变态 |
sexual abnormality |
xing bie juese |
性别角色 |
gender role |
xing bing |
性病 |
sexually transmitted infection |
xing chongbai de mixin |
性崇拜的迷信 |
superstitious sex worship |
xing daocuo |
性倒错 |
sexual perversion |
xing fangzong |
性放纵 |
sexual indulgence |
xing fanying |
性反应 |
sexual response |
xingfen qi |
兴奋期 |
excitement phase (also known as arousal phase) |
xinggan |
性感 |
sexy |
xinggan qu |
性感区 |
erogenous zones |
xing gaochao |
性高潮 |
orgasm |
xing gaochao quefa zheng |
性高潮缺乏症 |
anorgasmia |
xing gongneng zhang’ai |
性功能障碍 |
sexual dysfunction |
xing guanxi |
性关系 |
sexual relations |
xing huanqi |
性唤期 |
arousal phase |
xing huanxiang |
性幻想 |
sexual fantasy |
xingjiao |
性交 |
sexual intercourse |
xing jiefang |
性解放 |
sexual liberation |
xing jiqiao |
性技巧 |
sexual techniques |
xing lengdan |
性冷淡 |
frigidity |
xing pianli |
性偏离 |
sexual deviation |
xing qiguan |
性器官 |
sex organs |
xing quxiang |
性趋向 |
sexual orientation |
xing saorao |
性骚扰 |
sexual harassment |
xing shenghuo |
性生活 |
sex life |
xing shi ge benneng |
性是个本能 |
sex is an instinct |
xing tongbu |
性同步 |
sexual synchronisation |
xing yanwu |
性厌恶 |
sexual aversion |
xing yayi |
性压抑 |
sexual oppression |
xingyu |
性欲 |
sexual desire |
xingyu dixia |
性欲低下 |
hypoactive sexual desire |
xingyu kangjin |
性欲亢进 |
hyperactive sexual desire |
xing zaoshu |
性早熟 |
premature sexual development |
xing ziyou |
性自由 |
sexual freedom |
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Y
yanggang yinrou |
阳刚阴柔 |
yang is strong and yin is gentle |
yanggang zhi qi |
阳刚之气 |
steely male bearing |
yangsheng |
养生 |
traditional health preservation techniques |
yangwei |
阳痿 |
impotence |
yanwu liaofa |
厌恶疗法 |
aversion therapy |
yichuanxue |
遗传学 |
genetics |
yi di jing shi di xue |
一滴精十滴血 |
one drop of semen equals ten drops of blood |
yijing |
遗精 |
spermatorrhoea |
yindang de ren |
淫荡的人 |
morally loose person |
yindao |
阴道 |
vagina |
yindao jingluan |
阴道痉挛 |
vaginismus |
yindi |
阴蒂 |
clitoris |
yindi baopi |
阴蒂包皮 |
clitoral hood |
yinfu |
阴阜 |
mons pubis |
yinhui |
淫秽 |
obscene |
yinjing |
阴茎 |
penis |
yinjing baopi |
阴茎包皮 |
foreskin |
yinjing tou |
阴茎头 |
glans penis |
yinnang |
阴囊 |
scrotum |
yinyang ren |
阴阳人 |
popular term for intersexual person |
yixinglian |
异性恋 |
heterosexual |
yixing pi |
易性癖 |
transsexualism |
yizhuang pi |
异装癖 |
transvestism |
yousheng youyu |
优生优育 |
eugenics |
yuejing |
月经 |
menstrual period |
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Z
zaoxie |
早泄 |
premature ejaculation |
zhencao |
贞操 |
chastity |
zhenjie |
贞洁 |
pure and chaste |
Zhongguo xing xuehui |
中国性学会 |
Chinese Sexology Association |
zhongyong zhi dao |
中庸之道 |
the path of moderation |
zhudong |
主动 |
active |
zigong |
子宫 |
uterus |
zigongjing |
子宫颈 |
cervix |
zigong qiechu shoushu |
子宫切除手术 |
hysterectomy |
zishi |
姿势 |
position (for intercourse) |
ziwei |
自慰 |
‘self consolation’ or masturbation |
ziwo yueshu |
自我约束 |
self-restraint |
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