徐娘

Chinese

		slow; gentle; surname	mother; young lady
trad. (徐娘)		徐	娘
simp. #(徐娘)		徐	娘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúniáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúniáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúniáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsü²-niang²
    • Yale: syú-nyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuniang
    • Palladius: сюйнян (sjujnjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Noun

徐娘

1. (literary) elderly woman whose beauty is fading

Derived terms

• 半老徐娘 (bànlǎoxúniáng)
• 徐娘半老 (xúniángbànlǎo)