| 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; CL:个 |
| 相 | xiāng | each other; one another; mutually |
| 相 | xiàng | appearance; portrait; picture |
| 吸 | xī | to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale |
| 异性 | yì xìng | the opposite sex; of the opposite sex; heterosexual; different in nature |
| 相吸 | xiāng xī | mutual attraction (e.g. electrostatic); to attract one another |
