变性者需要不断服用激素来维持性别特征吗？

Do transgender people need to continuously use hormones to maintain their sexual characteristics?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 变性者 biànxìngzhě transsexual person
2 需要 xūyào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
3 不断 bùduàn
  1. unceasing
  2. uninterrupted
  3. continuous
  4. constant
4 服用 fúyòng to take (medicine)
5 激素 jīsù hormone
6 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
7 维持 wéichí to keep; to maintain; to preserve
8 性别 xìngbié
  1. gender
  2. sex
9 特征 tèzhēng
  1. characteristic
  2. diagnostic property
  3. distinctive feature
  4. trait
=10 吗 má (coll.) what?
=10 吗 mǎ used in 吗啡 mǎfēi
=10 吗 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)