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what should we call "asexuality" in chinese


Opel the Old

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Opel the Old

we should at least get this a chinese name, so more chinese-reading people can find out about it

any suggestions?

asexuality, asexual, AVEN

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Opel the Old

if in the gender context: 無性者

if in sexual orientation context: 無性向

if in aromatic orientation context: 無戀者

i am not sure about all these terms, anyone pity in?

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Well, speaking as someone with a small background in Chinese, but a solid knowledge of Japanese, I'd say the 2nd is best as a general term, don't you think? Then you could use the other ones in explaining it too, or use them interchangably as needed.

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if we only use the 2nd one, that will limit the meaning of the word "asexual"

i think three contexts are all important in the word "asexual"

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It looks like the most-used term for the people ourselves is 无性族 (or 無性族 for you HK and Formosa folks) which I think is kinda cool. That seems to get the most relevant results on baidu.com, at least. Like these:

我是无性族,我的爱人也是

“无性族”没有性的性生活

In the first one I like the line "在他们看来,没有性的生活不等于没有感情。"

Sorry it's all wacky Commie characters, that's all I know.

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where have you come across a term like this? i havent seen that before

that would make peopel think we are a "Tribe" of people, and our culture is that we dun have sex

if this is true, then homosexuals will be called homo-tribe, etc

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Yep, that's why I think it's funny and kind of cool, in a way. It's a misrepresentation, true, but I don't know... there's something very Chinese about it. We're all just 少数族.

There's also the less loaded 无性人, but 无性族 seems to be the most common term, at least on the mainland. Try a Baidu.com search.

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