雌雄

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



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
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

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
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