断袖

Traditional form:

斷袖

Pinyin (reading):

duànxiù

Definitions:

• homosexual
• see 斷袖之癖／断袖之癖 (duànxiùzhīpǐ)

Characters:

• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 袖 - sleeve

Traditional characters:

• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 袖 - sleeve