gender

gender — 名詞

1. the groups into which a society classifies people based on shared cultural trait

1.名詞B1
釋義

社會性別

社會文化分類的性別

the groups into which a society classifies people based on shared cultural traits, behaviors, or identities — for example, those commonly connected with men, women, or non‑binary individuals.

例句

The school held a workshop on gender equality and respect for all students.

學校舉辦了一場關於性別平等與尊重所有學生的講座。

collocation: gender equality

In many countries, traditional gender roles are changing as men and women share household tasks.

在許多國家，傳統的性別角色正在改變，男女共同分擔家務已成為常態。

collocation: gender roles

同義詞
  • sex

    often confused with gender; 'sex' refers to biology, while 'gender' refers to social/cultural identity

  • femininity

    a narrower term for qualities culturally associated with women, not the whole category

  • masculinity

    a narrower term for qualities culturally associated with men, not the whole category

用法筆記

The most common sense of 'gender' in modern English. It refers to social and cultural identities rather than biological ones. Frequently appears in set phrases such as gender equality, gender roles, and gender identity.

常見錯誤

❌Gender is determined by your chromosomes.
✅Biological sex is determined by your chromosomes; gender involves social roles and identity.
💡gender refers to social/cultural identity, not biology.

2. a person's own status or experience of belonging to a particular gender group —

2.名詞B2
釋義

性別身分

個人所屬的性別狀態

a person's own status or experience of belonging to a particular gender group — for example, identifying as a man, a woman, or non‑binary.

例句

Shirin's understanding of her own gender grew as she learned about different identities.

Shirin 在認識了不同的性別認同之後，對自己的性別有了更深的理解。

The clinic provides care that respects each person's gender and personal history.

這間診所提供的照護尊重每個人的性別與個人背景。

同義詞
  • gender identity

    a more specific psychological term for one's internal sense of gender

  • gender expression

    refers to how someone shows their gender through appearance and behavior, rather than the status itself

用法筆記

This sense emphasizes the personal experience of belonging to a gender. It often overlaps with the term 'gender identity', though gender identity is a more specific psychological concept.

常見錯誤

❌His gender is male, and he was born with male anatomy.
✅His biological sex is male, and his gender is male too.
💡'gender' refers to the personal status, while 'sex' refers to physical characteristics.

3. the division of people or animals by physical and biological traits — such as ch

3.名詞B2
釋義

生理性別

以身體特徵區分的性別

the division of people or animals by physical and biological traits — such as chromosomes, hormones, and anatomy — into types including masculine, feminine, or a combination of both.

例句

Some older medical forms still use the word 'gender' to ask about biological sex.

有些舊式的醫療表格仍然使用「gender」這個詞來詢問生理性別。

Maja learned in biology class that gender is sometimes confused with physical sex.

Maja 在生物課上學到，gender 有時會和生理性別混淆。

同義詞
  • sex

    the standard term for biological and physical differences between male, female, and intersex organisms

  • biological sex

    explicitly refers to physical and genetic characteristics

用法筆記

This usage — treating 'gender' as a synonym for biological sex — is becoming less common as the distinction between sex and gender is more widely understood. In formal and academic writing, 'sex' is preferred for biological differences, while 'gender' is reserved for social and cultural aspects.

常見錯誤

❌The study looked at gender differences in heart disease rates.' (when meaning biological sex)
✅The study looked at sex differences in heart disease rates.
💡in scientific writing, 'sex' is preferred for biological differences.

4. a feature of some languages that sorts words such as nouns and their describing

4.名詞B2
釋義

文法性別

語言中名詞的陰陽中性分類

a feature of some languages that sorts words such as nouns and their describing adjectives into categories like masculine, feminine, or neuter, so that related words must match each other in form within a sentence.

例句

In French, every noun has a grammatical gender — it is either masculine or feminine.

在法文中，每個名詞都有文法性別——不是陰性就是陽性。

collocation: grammatical gender

Diya struggled at first with remembering the gender of German nouns.

Diya 在學習德文名詞的性別時感到相當吃力。

用法筆記

Only applies to languages that use grammatical gender, such as French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Latin. Chinese has no grammatical gender system. Some languages, like English, have limited natural gender (he / she) but no true grammatical gender for nouns.

常見錯誤

❌In English, 'table' is feminine.
✅English does not assign grammatical gender to nouns
💡we say 'a table', not 'a feminine table'.' — grammatical gender is a feature of some languages, not all.

gender — 動詞