HSK 6 · Nature

雌雄 cíxióng “male and female” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 雌雄 means

  1. male and female
  2. victory and defeat

How to say 雌雄

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale雌cí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale雄xióng2nd tone, rising

雌雄 in a sentence

  1. 这种鸟雌雄很难分辨。

    Zhè zhǒng niǎo cíxióng hěn nán fēnbiàn.

    It’s hard to tell the males and females of this bird apart.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 两支球队今晚要决一雌雄。

    Liǎng zhī qiúduì jīnwǎn yào jué yì cíxióng.

    The two teams will fight it out tonight to see who wins.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 雌雄 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 雌 (cí) with each of its parts in a different colour
雌cífemale
  • 此this · cǐSound part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīMeaning part

隹 hints at the meaning (short-tailed bird); 此 (cǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with cí.

The character 雄 (xióng) with each of its parts in a different colour
雄xióngmale
  • 厷forearm · gōngSound part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīMeaning part

隹 hints at the meaning (short-tailed bird); 厷 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xióng.

How to write 雌雄

雌 14 strokes · 雄 12 strokes

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雌雄 (cíxióng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 雌雄 (cíxióng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 雌雄

Words with 雄

英雄yīngxióng · hero雄厚xiónghòu · abundant雄伟xióngwěi · majestic

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FAQs

雌雄 (cíxióng) means “male and female” or “victory and defeat”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cíxióng: cí with a 2nd tone, then xióng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 雌雄 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cixiong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 雌雄 from the suggestions. Typing cixiong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
雌雄 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.