there were lesbian communities called “zishu nu” (literally “self-combing women”), women who lived together as sworn sisters, and who promised ceremonially not marrying (with men). Is also known the so-called “Mirror-Polishing Gang” (the polished mirror is the Chinese reference ...
No masculine or feminine forms. No accusative cases for personal pronouns. No comparative changes for adjectives and adverbs. Challenges of Chinese Language Learning Tones: One Pinyin syllable usually has four tones, each with different Chinese characters and meanings. ...
15.Gang.Here’s another masculine Chinese boy name you may want to consider. Gang can mean “hard, rigid, or strong” and is great for that warrior spirit. It’s pronounced KAHNG. 16.Guo.Perfect for a little fighter, this name means “strength” and would be a great name for any spi...
So next time you encounter a Chinese name with a masculine/feminine element – obvious or subtle, don’t take it for granted! Chinese Naming Trends – Popular & Trending Names As in mostcountries, the list of popular names in China changes annually typically influenced by trends, tradition, ...
Additionally,genderintroduces a variety of characters that include a description of the name—like Marilyn Monroe (玛丽莲·梦露) versus Jim Monroe (吉姆·门罗). Here, the latter can be described as more masculine, and the former can be considered more feminine, emphasizing the differences in their...
This is why I wrote that the Ape Immortals make love atop of the mountain, thereby impregnating the boulder with powerful, creative energies. In Daoist sexual practices, earth and heaven are often euphemisms for the feminine and masculine sexual energies ofyinandyang(Wile, 1992, pp. 11-12 and...
The Dragon is seen as a zoomorphic representation of the principle of yang, which is the masculine power of active creation. A pottery dragon from the Ming Dynasty. During the Imperial period, the Chinese Emperor used the dragon as a symbol of imperial power. The representation of the ...
Yīnyáng (阴阳):The Chinese dualistic philosophy of the positive and negative, variously translated as bright-dark, hot-cold, masculine-feminine, etc. A central concept in Chinese mythical cultivation, philosophy, medicine, Wushu, and so on, it is important to know thatyīndoesn’t imply evil...
A Woman with Masculine TemperamentLife History of a Rural Chinese WomanZhang, Xingkui
NG ranges from --1 (completely feminine; 100% used by female) through 0 (gender-neutral; half by female and half by male) to 1 (completely masculine; 100% used by male). NV: name valence (positivity of character meaning) 1~5