# 雌雄
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cíxióng, cīxióng
    (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄒㄩㄥˊ, ㄘ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^1$ hung$^4$
* 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: tzʻŭ$^2$-hsiung$^2$
*** Yale: tsź-syúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrshyong
*** Palladius: цысюн (cysjun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cīxióng
*** Zhuyin: ㄘ ㄒㄩㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cihsyóng
*** Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ$^1$-hsiung$^2$
*** Yale: tsz̄-syúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyshyong
*** Palladius: цысюн (cysjun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^1$ hung$^4$
*** Yale: chī hùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^1$ hung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^1$ hung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰie̯/ | /i̯uŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cī | yóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^1$ | jung$^4$ |
* 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

#### Descendants

* → 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: [ɕijɯ̟ː]

### Noun

雌(し)雄(ゆう) • (shiyū)
* male and female