雌雄

Chinese

		female	heroic; male
simp. and trad. (雌雄)		雌	雄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cíxióng, cīxióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄒㄩㄥˊ, ㄘ ㄒㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ hung⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhîr-hiông / chhû-hiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cíxióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíhsyóng
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-hsiung²
    • Yale: tsź-syúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrshyong
    • Palladius: цысюн (cysjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cīxióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cihsyóng
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ¹-hsiung²
    • Yale: tsz̄-syúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyshyong
    • Palladius: цысюн (cysjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹ hung⁴
    • Yale: chī hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ hung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhîr-hiông
    • Tâi-lô: tshîr-hiông
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhû-hiông
    • Tâi-lô: tshû-hiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhu'hioong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu¹³⁻²² hiɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu²⁴⁻²² hiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²³⁻³³ hiɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɔŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tshje hjuwng

Rime
Character	雌	雄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	此移切	羽弓切
Baxter	tshje	hjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇ/	/ɦɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛ/	/ɦiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjɛ/	/ɣiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiə̆/	/ɦuwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰie/	/ɣiuŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰǐe/	/ɣĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰie̯/	/i̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cī	yóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci1	jung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰe  ɡʷɯŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	雄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xióng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəŋ/
English	male
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雌	雄
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1721	4140
Phonetic component	此	厷
Rime group	支	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	雌	雄
Old Chinese	/*sʰe/	/*ɡʷɯŋ/

Noun

雌雄

1. female and male

   雌雄莫辨  ―  cíxióng mò biàn  ―  to be unable to tell whether one is female or male

2. (figurative) victory and defeat

Synonyms

• (female and male): 公母 (gōngmǔ)

Derived terms

• 一決雌雄／一决雌雄 (yījuécíxióng)
• 決一雌雄／决一雌雄
• 決雌雄／决雌雄 (jué cíxióng)
• 烏之雌雄／乌之雌雄
• 雌雄同株
• 雌雄同體／雌雄同体 (cíxióng tóng tǐ)
• 雌雄未決／雌雄未决
• 雌雄異株／雌雄异株
• 雌雄異體／雌雄异体
• 雌雄莫辨

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雌雄):

• → Japanese: 雌(し)雄(ゆう) (shiyū)
• → Korean: 자웅(雌雄) (jaung)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雌	雄
し Grade: S	ゆう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​ゆう [shíꜜyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕijɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

雌(し)雄(ゆう) • (shiyū) 

1. male and female