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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cí | ci2
English translation
female
Taiwan pr. [cī]
female; feminine; gentle, soft

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

zhuī

Part of speech

Attributive / 区别词 Qūbié cí

Learning hint

bird

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

此隹

Semantic compound

zhuī

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhuī represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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口服 kǒu fú 雌激素 cí jī sù ( 泼玛龙 ) 0.3毫克 háo kè ,每日 měi rì 一次 yī cì 同样 tóng yàng 缓解 huǎnjiě 症状 zhèngzhuàng .

Oral estrogen ( Premarin ) 3 mg qd should also provide relief.

(婴孩 yīng hái ) shì nán de 还是 háishi de ?(动物 dòngwù ) shì gōng [ xióng ] de ,还是 háishi [] de ?

Is it a he or a she?

zhè tiáo shì de 还是 háishi xióng de ?

What [ Which ] sex is this fish?

雌鸟可能 kěnéng 无法 wú fǎ gěi 幼鸟喂食 wèi shí

The hen may not be able to feed its young.

必须 bìxū duì 这些 zhè xiē diǎo 称重 chēng zhòng 辨识 biàn shí 雌雄 cíxióng bìng guà shǎng 标牌 biāo pái

The birds must be weighed, sexed and tagged.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
female
雌激素 cí jī sù estrogen雌激素 cí jī sù
雌性 cí xìng female雌性 cí xìng
雌雄 cíxióng male and female雌雄 cíxióng
雌黄 cí huáng orpiment雌黃
信口雌黄 xìn kǒu cí huáng to speak off the cuff信口雌黃
一决雌雄 yī jué cí xióng to have a show-down一決雌雄
雌蕊 cí ruǐ pistil雌蕊 cí ruǐ
决一雌雄 jué yī cí xióng to have a show-down決一雌雄
雌三醇 cí sān chún estriol雌三醇 cí sān chún
妄下雌黄 wàng xià cí huáng to make irresponsible criticism妄下雌黃

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