| 第二性 |
Dì èr xìng |
The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir) |
| 第 |
dì |
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just |
| 第二 |
dì èr |
second / number two / next / secondary |
| 二 |
èr |
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid |
| 性 |
xìng |
nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:个 |