牝
Meanings
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- 1.(of a bird, animal or plant) female
- 2.keyhole
- 3.valley
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- 1.female
- 2.female genitalia
- 3.gorge; valley
- 4.type of keyhole in ancient times
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *bilʔ, *binʔ): semantic 牛 (“cattle”) + phonetic 匕 (OC *pilʔ). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pwi(y)-n (“female, mother, big, molar”) (STEDT, Schuessler (2007)). Cognate with Mizo pui (“full-grown female, mother (generally used of animals)”, suffix or particle), ha-pui (“molar”); Jingpho wi ~ yi (“female”); etc.
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Related words
牝牡 male and female牝鸡司晨 female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority牝鸡牡鸣 female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority牝牡骊黄 a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance骊黄牝牡 a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance