雌雄

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
• Min Nan (POJ): chhîr-hiông / chhû-hiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: cíxióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyshyong
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: cīxióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyshyong
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹ hung⁴
    • Yale: chī hùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ hung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ hung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

Noun

雌雄

1. male and female
2. (figuratively) victory and defeat

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 公母 (gōngmǔ)

Derived terms

一決雌雄／一决雌雄 決一雌雄／决一雌雄 決雌雄／决雌雄 (juécíxióng) 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

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Japanese

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

Noun

雌雄 (hiragana しゆう, rōmaji shiyū)

1. male and female