▁for ▁ ▁and ▁ ▁were ▁hom oph ones . ▁The ▁f ǎ n qi è ▁of ▁"" ▁() ▁and ▁the ▁ ▁of ▁"" ▁() ▁denoted ▁the ▁same ▁pron unci ation ; ▁both ▁began ▁with ▁a ▁vo ic eless ▁un asp ir ated ▁al ve olar ▁stop ▁(/ t / ▁in ▁IP A ▁and ▁d ▁in ▁p iny in ) ▁and ▁the ▁same ▁v owel ▁and ▁tone . ▁ ▁Based ▁on ▁regular ▁sound ▁change ▁rules , ▁we ▁would ▁expect ▁the ▁word ▁for ▁bird ▁in ▁Mand arin ▁to ▁be ▁pron ounced ▁, ▁but ▁Mand arin ▁dialect s ' ▁pron unci ations ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁for ▁bird ▁evol ved ▁to ▁an ▁al ve olar ▁nas al ▁initial , ▁likely ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁tab oo ▁avoid ance , ▁giving ▁contemporary ▁ ▁while ▁most ▁dialect s ▁in ▁the ▁south ▁retain ▁the ▁Middle ▁Chinese ▁al ve olar ▁stop ▁initial ▁and ▁the ▁hom oph ony ▁or ▁near ▁hom oph ony ▁of ▁these ▁words . ▁ ▁V ag ina ▁There ▁appear ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁words ▁for ▁v ag ina ▁than ▁for ▁pen is . ▁The ▁former ▁are ▁more ▁commonly ▁used ▁as ▁ins ult s ▁and ▁are ▁also ▁more ▁ag gress ive ▁and ▁have ▁negative ▁con not ations : ▁▁▁ ▁( , ▁IM : ▁B ) ▁= ▁c unt ▁▁ ▁() ▁= ▁c unt ▁( T ai wan ese ▁Mand arin , ▁near - hom oph one ▁of ▁H ok k ien ▁prof an ity ▁chi - b ai ) ▁▁ ▁() ▁= ▁p uss y ▁( lit . ▁" l