Taxonomy of meanings for 雌:　　

  • 雌 cí (OC: tshe MC: tsʰiɛ) 此移切 平 廣韻：【牝也説文曰鳥母也此移切五 】
    • FEMALE
      • nthe female (game; etc.); hen
      • nabfeaturefeminity; female role
      • nadNfemale
      • n[adN]female of an animal
      • n(adN)metaphorical"female" type of the contextually determinate NDS
      • nadNmetaphorical"female" type of NDS
    • RAINBOW
      • STAY
        • STEAL
          • DENY

            Additional information about 雌

            說文解字: 【雌】，鳥母也。从隹、此聲。 【此移切】

              Criteria
            • FEMALE

              1. The current general word for a female of any species is cí 雌 (ant. xióng 雄 "male").

              2. Nu# 女 (ant. nán 男 "male") refers specifically to human females.

              3. Pìn 牝 (ant. mǔ 牡 "male") refers to specifically to females of animals.

              4. Zì 牸 refers to females of buffalo, but sometimes also of tiger, rhinoceros, or horse.

              5. Mǔ 母 (ant. gōng 公 "male") refers to adult females of some species, including spirits. NB incidentally: Mǔ jī 母雞 is current, while mǔ niǎo 母鳥 does not seem to be found.

              6. Kūn 坤 (ant. qián 乾 "metaphysically: male") is a metaphysical way of characterising things as belonging to the female realm. (NB incidentally and irrelevantly as a modern Chinese reflex kūn biǎo 坤錶 "women's watch".)

              Word relations
            • Ant: (FEMALE)雄/MALE Xióng 雄 denotes maleness, but often connotes virility, strength and domination as well.
            • Ant: (FEMALE)牡/MALE Mǔ 牡 refers to the male of birds and beasts in purely biological terms.
            • Ant: (FEMALE)雄/MALE Xióng 雄 denotes maleness, but often connotes virility, strength and domination as well.
            • Oppos: (FEMALE)雄/MALE Xióng 雄 denotes maleness, but often connotes virility, strength and domination as well.