tongzhi
Noun
Meaning
tongzhi (plural tongzhis or tongzhi)
(slang) A member of any sexual minority group in Greater China.
Examples
Between 1861 and 1873, she and Ci'an served as regents, choosing the reign title "Tongzhi" (ruling together).
In 1066, he presented a more detailed eight-volume Tongzhi (通志; "Comprehensive Records"), which chronicled Chinese history from 403 BCE to 207 BCE (the end of the Qin Dynasty).
Thus the 1867–68 famine under the Tongzhi Restoration was successfully relieved but the Great North China Famine of 1877–78, caused by drought across northern China, was a catastrophe.