变性 (biàn xìng) — (noun) sex change, gender transition (medical or social process); (noun) transsexual, transgender person (often used attributively in compounds)
Definition
In everyday use 变性 refers to sex change or being transgender; in biology/chemistry it also means denaturation (e.g. of protein). The medical/social sense is the common one.
noun
sex changegender transition (medical or social process)transsexualtransgender person (often used attributively in compounds)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 变性，。Tā zuò le biàn xìng shǒu shù, xiàn zài guò dé hěn xìng fú.He had sex reassignment surgery and is now living happily.
- 变性，。Guān yú biàn xìng de huà tí, shè huì xū yào gèng duō de lǐ jiě.Society needs more understanding regarding the topic of transgender.
- 变性。Gāo wēn huì dǎo zhì dàn bái zhì biàn xìng.High temperatures can cause protein denaturation.
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