Kim's Convenience Season 1 Episode 1 [Vocabulary]

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恐同症 kǒngtóng zhèng homophobia

恐同 kǒngtóng to be homophobic

恐 kǒng afraid; frightened; to fear

同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with

同性恋探测仪 tóngxìng liàn tàncè yí gaydar

探测 tàncè to probe; to take readings; to explore; exploration

探 tàn to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward

测 cè to survey; to measure; to conjecture

仪 yí apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony

易性 yìxìng transsexual

易 yì easy; amiable; to change

性 xìng nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence

变性 biànxìng to denature; denaturation; to have a sex change; transsexual

八五折 bā wǔ zhé fifteen percent discount

折 zhé to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); measure word for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book

反异性恋 fǎn yìxìng liàn anti-heterosexuality

反 fǎn contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切 phonetic system

异性恋 yìxìng liàn heterosexuality; heterosexual love

异性 yìxìng the opposite sex; of the opposite sex; heterosexual; different in nature

异 yì different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate

性 xìng nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence

恋 liàn to feel attached to; to long for; to love

折扣 zhékòu discount

扣 kòu to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on somebody; (Tw) (loanword) code

闰年 rùnnián leap year; (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month

闰 rùn intercalary; an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)