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Apologies for the overly specific question, but what is the proper way to refer to enby people in mandarin? (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am aware that 他 and 她 are pronounced the same, but written it is an issue. Is 他们 or 她们 appropriate at all?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Disclaimer: I don't know jack shit about Taiwanese

Looks like a feminine version of "you", since "you" is the left character of this 他 + the right character of this 妳 and the left character of this 妳 is the character for "female" (which is why 她 is "her" while "他" is "them")

Sorry for all this I don't have a Chinese keyboard on my laptop

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Taiwanese doesn't exist as a language, it is just traditional Mandarin Chinese, as the CPC modernized, refined, and greatly simplified Mandarin. The things you are pointing out essentially arise from attempting to add even more complexity into a very antiquated and complex writing system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Oh for sure, I just had no idea what to call the character set with the addition complexity Taiwanese people tried to add lmao