() — female (bound form, used in compound words)

Definición

A bound morpheme meaning 'female', used only in scientific or biological compounds (雌性, 雌雄). Its everyday opposite is 雄 ('male').

bound form
female (bound form, used in compound words)

Ejemplos

  • Zhè zhǒng niǎo de cí xìng yǔ máo gèng piào liang.
    The female of this bird species has more beautiful feathers.
  • Kē xué jiā fā xiàn le zhè zhǒng kūn chóng de cí xióng chā yì.
    Scientists discovered the male-female differences in this insect.
  • Tā men xū yào cí xióng pèi duì cái néng fán zhí.
    They need male-female pairing to reproduce.
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