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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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雄
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
xióng
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ hjuwng ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*ʷəŋ/
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| English
|
male
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
雌
|
雄
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| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/1
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| No.
|
1721
|
4140
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Phonetic
component
|
此
|
厷
|
Rime
group
|
支
|
蒸
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
雌
|
雄
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*sʰe/
|
/*ɡʷɯŋ/
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Noun
雌雄
- female and male
- 雌雄莫辨 ― cíxióng mò biàn ― to be unable to tell whether one is female or male
- (figurative) victory and defeat
Synonyms
- (female and male): 公母 (gōngmǔ)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
雌雄 • (shiyū)
- male and female