berdache

中文含义：原住民转型者（一些北美印第安部落及相关文化中的性别认同分类，指出生为男性或女性的人选择异性别的方式生活和表现）

英语词性：noun

美式发音：bur-dash

同义词：Two-Spirit, third gender

易混淆单词：barrage, belated

双语例句：

  1. Berdache is a term used in some North American Indian tribes and related cultures to indicate a gender identity classification in which a person who is born male or female lives and behaves as the opposite gender.
  2. Two-Spirit people, also known as berdaches, were sometimes revered in their tribes as mediators between the physical and spiritual worlds.
  3. The term berdache is considered derogatory by some people, and Two-Spirit is now more commonly used.
  4. Some tribes recognize multiple genders, including male, female, and two-spirit (berdache).