雌雄

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cíxióng, cīxióng

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄒㄩㄥˊ, ㄘㄒㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ hung⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhîr-hiông / chhû-hiông

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: ㄘㄒㄩㄥˊ
  - 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/

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/
Bernhard 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

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

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 (cíxióngmòbiàn)

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): [ɕijɯ̟ː]

Noun

雌(し)雄(ゆう) • (shiyū)

male and female