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sex

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xing4 xìng

Meaning


Primary

sex

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in the [4] bathroom of the [-(e)ng] English manor, ready to go into a sauna. An 生 alien comes out and asks Xena what her 性 sex is. She replies she is female, and asks the 生 alien the same question. Turns out that 生 aliens have no 性 sex. The 生 alien, bored, turns into a 忄 soul and flies through the roof and away back to their ship.