女子

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: [dʑoɕi]
• Homophones: 助詞, 序詞, 女史

Noun

女子 (hiragana じょし, romaji joshi)

1. girl; woman

Synonyms

• 女の子 (おんなのこ, onna no ko)

Antonyms

• 男子

Derived terms

女子学生 (じょしがくせい, joshigakusei) female student 女子高 (じょしこう, joshikō) girls' high school 女子高校 (じょしこうこう, joshikōkō) girls' high school

女子高校生 (じょしこうこうせい, joshikōkōsei) high school girl 女子生徒 (じょしせいと, joshiseito) school girl 女子大学 (じょしだいがく, joshidaigaku) women's university

Related terms

• 女性

Etymology 2

Compound of me (“woman”) and ko (“child”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [meko]

Alternative forms

• 妻子

Noun

女子 (hiragana めこ, romaji meko)

1. wife and child
2. wife
3. a female child; girl
4. a woman

Etymology 3

wominago > ominago.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ominaɡo]

Noun

女子 (hiragana おみなご, romaji ominago, historical hiragana をみなご)

1. a female child; a girl

Derived terms

• 女子 (onnago, onago)

Etymology 4

wonnago > onnago. From earlier wominago.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [onnaɡo]

Noun

女子 (hiragana おんなご, romaji onnago, historical hiragana をんなご)

1. a female child; a girl
2. a woman

Derived terms

• 女子 (onago)

Etymology 5

wonago > onago. From earlier wonnago.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [onaɡo]

Noun

女子 (hiragana おなご, romaji onago, historical hiragana をなご)

1. a female child; a girl
2. a woman

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Korean

Hanja in this word
女	子

Hanja

女子 (hangeul 여자, revised yeoja)

1. 女子: girl

   (eumhun reading: 여자 女子)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
女子

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ ny˧˥tsɨ˨˩˦ ]

Noun

女子 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nǚzǐ)

1. (formal) woman; female

Synonyms

• 婦女 (trad.), 妇女 (simp.)
• 姑娘
• 女的
• 女人

See also

• 姑娘
• 女孩
• 女士
• 女性

Antonyms

• 男子

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785: