雌 cí female
怎么记住“雌”: 此 this + 隹 short-tailed bird = female. The girl at the pet shop asks whether this grey short-tailed bird is a boy, and the owner laughs that it is female.
部件结构
雌 = 此 this + 隹 short-tailed bird
- 此 this
- 止 stop
- 匕 spoon
- 隹 short-tailed bird
The girl at the pet shop asks whether this grey short-tailed bird is a boy, and the owner laughs that it is female.
用法
- The female of an animal: 雌性 (cíxìng) female (sex), 雌鸟 (cíniǎo) hen bird, paired with 雄 (xióng) male.
- For animals/plants use 雌/雄; for people use 女/男. Don't call a person 雌.
- 雌雄 (cíxióng) as a compound also means 'victory or defeat': 一决雌雄 (yì jué cíxióng) to fight it out for supremacy.