Definition
两性 has three main senses: (1) both sexes or the relationship between male and female (as in 两性关系 'gender relations'); (2) in chemistry, amphoteric (having both acidic and basic properties, as in 两性物质 'amphoteric substance'); (3) bisexuality as a sexual orientation (often in 两性恋). The context — social, scientific, or personal — determines which sense is intended.
n.
both sexesmale and female (often in social or biological contexts)(chemistry) amphoteric property or substancebisexuality
Examples
- ，两性。Xiàndài shèhuì zhōng, rénmen de liǎng xìng guānniàn yǐjīng fāshēng le hěn dà biànhuà.In modern society, people's concepts of gender relations have undergone great changes.
- 两性。Qīngyǎnghuàlǚ shì yì zhǒng diǎnxíng de liǎng xìng wùzhì.Aluminum hydroxide is a typical amphoteric substance.
- 两性。Tā yǒnggǎn de gōngkāi le zìjǐ de liǎng xìng qǔxiàng.He bravely came out about his bisexuality.
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