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雌

cí

HSK 6 Character

What 雌 means

1. female
2. Taiwan pr. cī

Example sentences

• 我养了三只狗，一只是雄的，其余两只是雌的。
  Wǒ yǎng le sān zhī gǒu, yī zhī shì xióng de, qíyú liǎng zhī shì cí de.
  I have three dogs. One is male and the other two are female.

Words starting with 雌

• 雌雄cí xióngmale and female
• 雌性cí xìngfemale
• 雌狮cí shīlioness
• 雌竞cí jìng(slang) negative, toxic competition between women…
• 雌体cí tǐfemale of a species
• 雌鹿cí lùdoe
• 雌黄cí huángorpiment; arsenic trisulfide As2S3; make changes in writing
• 雌激素cí jī sùestrogen
• 雌性接口cí xìng jiē kǒufemale connector
• 雌性激素cí xìng jī sùestrogen
• 雌雄同体cí xióng tóng tǐhermaphrodite
• 雌雄异色cí xióng yì sèsexual coloration
• 雌雄同体人cí xióng tóng tǐ réna hermaphrodite
• 雌雄同体性cí xióng tóng tǐ xìnghermaphroditism
• 雌蕊cí ruǐpistil
• 雌三醇cí sān chúnestriol

Words containing 雌

• 英雌yīng cífemale hero (esp. in feminist discourse, cf. 英雄
• 信口雌黄xìn kǒu cí huángto speak off the cuff; to casually opine
• 妄下雌黄wàng xià cí huángto alter a text indiscriminately (idiom); to make irresponsible criticism
• 孤雌生殖gū cí shēng zhíparthenogenesis (biol. a female reproducing without fertilization)
• 一决雌雄yī jué cí xióngto have a showdown; to fight for mastery; to compete for a championship
• 决一雌雄jué yī cí xióngsee 一决雌雄

Characters built on 此

These share the phonetic component 此 (cǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 紫zǐpurple; violet
• 疵cīblemish; flaw; defect
• 眦zì(anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus
• 呲cī(colloquial) to scold; to rebuke
• 赀zīto estimate; to fine (archaic); variant of 资
• 龇zīto bare (one's teeth)
• 髭zīmustache
• 訾zīto calculate; to assess; wealth

Characters that look like 雌

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 粮liánggrain; food; provisions
• 榨zhàto press; to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc
• 稚zhìinfantile; young
• 雉zhìringed pheasant
• 蜊líclam
• 蛹yǒngchrysalis; pupa

Sounds the same

Read cí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 词word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 辞to resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 磁magnetic; magnetism; porcelain
• 慈compassionate; gentle; merciful
• 瓷chinaware; porcelain; china
• 茨Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
• 祠shrine; to offer a sacrifice
• 兹used in 龟兹
• 鹚used in 鸬鹚
• 糍used in 糍粑
• 茈used in 凫茈
• 𪉈(a kind of waterbird)