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

Definition

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)

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

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