牝

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See also: 牡
牝 U+725D, 牝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-725D
← 牜
[U+725C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 牞 →
[U+725E]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

牝 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹手心 (HQP), four-corner 21510, composition ⿰牛匕)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 697, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19925
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1109, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1800, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+725D

Chinese[edit]

trad. 牝
simp. # 牝
alternative forms 匕
𪊯
𤘥

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 牝
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (匕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
匕 *pilʔ
庀 *pʰelʔ
疕 *pʰelʔ, *pilʔ, *pʰrilʔ
朼 *pilʔ
牝 *bilʔ, *binʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bilʔ, *binʔ) : semantic 牛 (“cattle”) + phonetic 匕 (OC *pilʔ).

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pwi(y)-n (“female, mother, big, molar”) (STEDT, Schuessler (2007)). Cognate with Mizo pui (“(suffix or particle) full-grown female, mother (generally used of animals)”), ha-pui (“molar”); Jingpho wi ~ yi (“female”); etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 牝 牝
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 扶履切 毗忍切
Baxter bjijX bjinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/biɪX/ /biɪnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biX/ /binX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bjɪX/ /bjenX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/biX/ /binX/
Li
Rong 		/biX/ /biĕnX/
Wang
Li 		/biX/ /bĭĕnX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱiX/ /bʱi̯ĕnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bì bìn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bei6 ban6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 牝 牝
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		pìn pìn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjijX › ‹ bjinX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[b]irʔ/ (dialect: *-r > *-j) /*[b]irʔ/
English female of animals female of animals

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 牝 牝
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 489 490
Phonetic
component 		匕 匕
Rime
group 		脂 眞
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		牝 牝
Old
Chinese 		/*bilʔ/ /*binʔ/

Definitions[edit]

牝

  1. (of an animal) female
    Synonym: 雌 (cí)
    Antonym: 牡 (mǔ)
  2. (literary) female genitalia
  3. gorge; valley
  4. type of keyhole in ancient times

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 陰戶 (“vulva; female genitalia”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 牝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 陰戶, 陰門, 女陰, 外陰, 膣 literary
Mandarin Beijing 屄
Taiwan 妹妹
Harbin 屄, 屄眼兒, 屄眼子, 尿窩窩兒
Yantai (Muping) 屄, 胯子, 鴨巴子, 巴子, 屄揪, 屄心兒, 花蛤兒, 毛蛤兒, 包子
Jinan 屄
Luoyang 屄, 水門
Wanrong 屄
Xi'an 屄
Yinchuan 屄
Lanzhou 屄
Xining 屄
Ürümqi 屄
Wuhan 屄, 麻屄, 胯胯 †
Chengdu 屄, 胯胯 †
Guiyang 屄
Guilin 𫱋
Liuzhou 屄, 閪, 𫱋
Xuzhou 屄, 屄心子, 海蚆子, 卷子
Yangzhou 屄
Nanjing 屄, 尿門
Hefei 屄
Nantong 屄
Malaysia 屄
Cantonese Guangzhou 閪, 西 euphemistic
Hong Kong 閪, 妹妹 euphemistic, 西 euphemistic, 蟹 euphemistic, 蝦 euphemistic
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 屄, 閪
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 閪
Macau 閪
Guangzhou (Panyu) 閪
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 閪
Guangzhou (Conghua) 閪
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 閪
Foshan 閪
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 閪
Foshan (Shunde) 閪
Foshan (Sanshui) 閪
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 閪
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 閪
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 閪
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 閪
Zhuhai (Doumen) 閪
Jiangmen (Baisha) 閪, 屄
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 閪
Taishan 閪
Kaiping (Chikan) 閪
Enping (Niujiang) 閪
Heshan (Yayao) 閪
Dongguan 閪
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 閪
Qingyuan 閪
Fogang 閪
Yingde (Hanguang) 閪
Yangshan 閪
Lianshan (Butian) 閪
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 閪
Shaoguan 閪, 膣屄
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 閪
Renhua 膣屄
Lechang 閪
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 閪
Sihui 屄
Guangning 閪
Huaiji 閪
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 閪
Yunfu 閪
Xinxing 閪
Luoding 閪
Yunan (Pingtai) 閪兒
Yangjiang 閪
Xinyi 閪
Nanning 閪
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 閪
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 閪
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 閪
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 閪
Singapore (Guangfu) 閪
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 閪
Móng Cái 閪
Gan Nanchang 屄
Lichuan 屄
Pingxiang 屄
Hakka Meixian 膣, 膣屄, 屄, 屄仔
Xingning 膣屄
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 屄, 閪
Huiyang 膣屄, 膣
Huidong (Daling) 膣屄
Dongguan (Qingxi) 膣屄
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 膣屄
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 閪屄
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 膣屄
Wuhua (Huacheng) 膣, 膣屄
Wuhua (Changbu) 膣屄
Wuhua (Mianyang) 膣屄
Heyuan (Bendihua) 屄
Wengyuan 膣屄
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 膣
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 膣屄
Liannan 膣屄
Conghua (Lütian) 膣屄
Jiexi 膣
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 膣
Changting 膣
Wuping 膣嫲
Wuping (Yanqian) 膣屄
Wuping (Pingyu) 膣屄
Liancheng 膣
Ninghua 膣
Yudu 屄, 屄坨, 膣
Ningdu 屄, 膣屄
Ruijin 屄
Shicheng 膣, 屄
Shangyou (Shexi) 膣屄
Tonggu (Sandu) 屄子
Ganzhou (Panlong) 屄
Dayu 屄
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 膣屄, 螺杯仔
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 膣屄, 螺杯仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 膣屄
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 膣屄, 蟯杯仔
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 膣屄, 蟯杯
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 膣屄, 螺杯
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 膣屄, 蟯杯, 蛤蟆仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 膣屄
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 膣屄
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 膣屄
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 膣屄, 蚶杯
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 膣屄
Hong Kong 膣屄
Yangxi (Tangkou) 閪
Yangchun (Sanjia) 閪
Xinyi (Sihe) 閪
Xinyi (Qianpai) 閪
Gaozhou (Xindong) 閪
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 閪
Huazhou (Xin'an) 閪
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 膣屄, 閪
Lianjiang (Qingping) 膣屄
Mengshan (Xihe) 閪
Luchuan 閪
Sabah (Longchuan) 膣屄
Senai (Huiyang) 膣屄
Kuching (Hepo) 膣屄
Singkawang 膣屄
Huizhou Jixi 屄
Shexian 屄
Tunxi 屄
Jin Taiyuan 屄, 扁雞, 咶蛋 †
Xinzhou 屄, 扁雞子, 扁雞雞, 扁琉子
Northern Min Jian'ou 屄
Jian'ou (Dikou) 屄界
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 㞠屄
Jianyang 屄
Wuyishan 屄
Pucheng (Shibei) 屄
Eastern Min Fuzhou 姕髀, 姕, 舊舊, 舊舊囝 †
Changle 姕髀
Fuqing 姕髀, 姕
Yongtai 屄屄囝
Gutian 姕髀
Fu'an 屄
Ningde 老姕
Shouning 屄
Zhouning 屄
Fuding 屌
Southern Min Xiamen 膣屄, 膣
Xiamen (Tong'an) 膣屄
Quanzhou 膣屄
Jinjiang 膣屄, 屄
Zhangzhou 膣屄, 參屄, 蟯
Zhangpu 膣
Zhao'an 膣屄, 蛤婆
Taipei 膣屄, 蟯
New Taipei (Tamsui) 膣屄, 膣屄仔, 蟯
New Taipei (Sanxia) 膣屄, 蟯
New Taipei (Pingxi) 膣屄
Kaohsiung 膣屄, 蟯杯
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 膣屄, 膣屄仔, 粉蟯
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 膣屄, 蟯仔, 蚶仔
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 膣屄
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 膣屄
Yilan 膣屄
Yilan (Luodong) 膣屄, 田杯
Yilan (Toucheng) 膣屄, 蟯仔
Changhua (Lukang) 膣屄
Taichung 膣屄
Taichung (Wuqi) 膣屄
Tainan 膣屄, 水雞, 蟯仔
Tainan (Anping) 膣屄, 水雞, 蚶仔
Taitung 膣屄
Hsinchu 膣屄
Kinmen 膣屄, 蚶
Penghu (Magong) 膣屄, 蚶
Penghu (Xiyu) 膣屄, 蚶
Penang (Hokkien) 膣屄, puki
Singapore (Hokkien) 膣屄
Manila (Hokkien) 膣屄
Medan (Hokkien) 膣屄
Longyan 膣屄
Zhangping (Yongfu) 膣屄
Pingnan (Shangdu) 閪
Chaozhou 膣
Shantou 膣
Shantou (Chenghai) 膣
Jieyang 膣, 蠔
Haifeng 膣, 膣屄
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 膣
Singapore (Teochew) 膣
Leizhou 膣
Haikou 膣
Puxian Min Putian 膣
Xianyou 膣屄
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 閪
Wu Shanghai 屄, 䐁 dated, 皮夾子 slang
Shanghai (Chongming) 屄
Suzhou 屄
Danyang 屄, 屄屄 †
Hangzhou 屄, 凹屄
Ningbo 屄, 卵脬, 卵脬皮
Wenzhou 屄, 臀卵𠩘, 瓪, 𠩘𠩘 †
Jinhua 屄, 老屄
Xiang Changsha 屄, 麻屄, 屄屄
Loudi 屄, 麻屄, 毛板雞 humorous
Shuangfeng 麻屄
Quanzhou 屄
Note † - of a girl

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

牝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. female (of an animal)
  2. female genitalia
  3. gorge, hole, hollow

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

牝 • (bin) (hangeul 빈, revised bin, McCune–Reischauer pin, Yale pin)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

牝: Hán Nôm readings: tẫn

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