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异性

yì xìng

2-character word Traditional 異性

What 异性 means

1. the opposite sex
2. of the opposite sex
3. heterosexual
4. different in nature

The characters in 异性

• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 性xìngnature; character; property

Example sentences

• ”你是异性恋还是女同？“”我是异性恋。“
  "nǐ shì yìxìngliàn háishi nǚtóng?""wǒ shì yìxìngliàn."
  "Are you hetero or lesbian?" "I am hetero."
• 跟异性交往最重要的不是他有多好,而是他对你有多好。
  Gēn yìxìng jiāowǎng zuì zhòngyào de bù shì tā yǒu duō hǎo, érshì tā duì nǐ yǒu duō hǎo.
  The most important thing about relations with the opposite sex is not how good the other person is, but that they treat you well.
• 有人形容，跟异性交往就好像在海边捡石头，大家都能捡喜欢的那一个。
  Yǒurén xíngróng, gēn yìxìng jiāowǎng jiù hǎoxiàng zài hǎibiān jiǎn shítou, dàjiā dōu néng jiǎn xǐhuan de nà yī gè.
  The way some people see it, associating with the opposite sex is just like going to the seaside and gathering stones; everyone can pick up the ones they like.
• 这是个由不分老少、贫富、民主党、共和党；黑人、白人、拉丁裔、亚裔、美洲原住民；同性恋、异性恋人；肢障与四体健全者，大家共同诉说的答案。美国民众向全世界发出讯息，我们绝非一盘散沙，也不是由红州、蓝州拼凑而成的集合体。
  Zhè shì gè yóu bù fēn lǎoshào, pínfù, Mínzhǔdǎng, Gònghédǎng; hēirén, báirén, lādīng yì, Yàyì, Měizhōu yuánzhùmín; tóngxìngliàn, yìxìngliàn rén; zhī zhàng yǔ sìtǐ jiànquán zhě, dàjiā gòngtóng sùshuō de dá'àn. Měiguó mínzhòng xiàng quánshìjiè fāchū xùnxī, wǒmen juéfēi yīpánsǎnshā, yě bù shì yóu hóng zhōu, lán zhōu pīncòu ér chéng de jíhétǐ.
  It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America.

Words starting with 异性

• 异性相吸yì xìng xiāng xīopposite polarities attract; (fig.) opposite sexes attract; opposites attract
• 异性性接触yì xìng xìng jiē chùheterosexual sex
• 异性恋yì xìng liànheterosexuality; heterosexual love
• 异性恋主义yì xìng liàn zhǔ yìheterosexism

Words containing 异性

• 差异性chā yì xìngdifference
• 特异性tè yì xìngspecific; specificity; idiosyncrasy

Sounds the same

Read yì xìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 意兴interest; enthusiasm