异装癖

異裝癖

yìzhuāngpǐ

noun

Meanings

1 transvestism
2 cross-dressing (as a clinical term)

Characters

different, other

clothing, to dress

addiction, fixation

Examples

异装癖在心理学上被归为一种性偏好。

Yìzhuāngpǐ zài xīnlǐxué shàng bèi guī wéi yì zhǒng xìng piānhào.

In psychology, transvestism is classified as a type of sexual preference.

他写了一部关于异装癖的纪录片。

Tā xiě le yí bù guānyú yìzhuāngpǐ de jìlùpiàn.

He wrote a documentary about transvestism.

Tips

register

Clinical / formal vocabulary. 癖 (pǐ) carries a pathology connotation, so the word can sound stigmatizing. For neutral discussion of fashion or performance, prefer 反串 (fǎnchuàn, gender-swap performance) or 跨性别穿着 (kuàxìngbié chuānzhuó, cross-gender dressing).

Stroke Order

异 yì

装 zhuāng

癖 pǐ