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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

女同性恋者

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nǚ tóngxìngliàn zhě

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lesbian/ˈlɛz.bi.ən/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她认同自己是女同性恋者,并积极参与社区活动。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A woman who is romantically or sexually attracted to other women.

    "She identifies as a lesbian and is an active member of the LGBTQ+ community."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or characteristic of lesbians.

    "The event was a celebration of lesbian culture and history."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Lesbos, a Greek island where the archaic lyric poet Sappho lived and wrote extensively about her love for women. The term evolved in the late 19th and 20th centuries to specifically denote a female homosexual, shifting from a geographic descriptor to an identity marker.

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