淑女

Chinese

		good; pure; virtuous good; pure; virtuous; charming	female; woman; daughter
trad. (淑女)		淑	女
simp. #(淑女)		淑	女

Etymology

“(female) pervert”

Influenced by Japanese readaptation of the word in modern times.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shūnǚ, shúnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄋㄩˇ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶ neoi⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siok-lú / siok-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sog⁴ neng²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸zoq-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shūnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shunyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹-nü³
    • Yale: shū-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuneu
    • Palladius: шунюй (šunjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shúnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shúnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shu²-nü³
    • Yale: shú-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwuneu
    • Palladius: шунюй (šunjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk⁶ neoi⁵
    • Yale: suhk néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-lú
    • Tâi-lô: siok-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siokluo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-lí
    • Tâi-lô: siok-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioklie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ li⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sog⁴ neng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sok nṳ́ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sok̚²⁻⁴ nɯŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸zoq-gniu
    • MiniDict: zoh^入 nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zoq-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ¹¹ n̠ʲy²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyuwk nrjoX

Rime
Character	淑	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	殊六切	尼吕切
Baxter	dzyuwk	nrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨuk̚/	/ɳɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiuk̚/	/ɳiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiuk̚/	/niɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuwk̚/	/ɳɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʑiuk̚/	/niɔX/
Wang Li	/ʑĭuk̚/	/nĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯uk̚/	/ni̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shú	nǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk6	neoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]iwk  nraʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯwɢ  naʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淑	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū	nǚ
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyuwk ›	‹ nrjoX ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]iwk/	/*nraʔ/
English	fine, good	female
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淑	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	11756	9616
Phonetic component	尗	女
Rime group	覺	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	熟
Old Chinese	/*ɦljɯwɢ/	/*naʔ/

Noun

淑女

1. virtuous and beautiful woman; lady

   有淑女氣質／有淑女气质  ―  yǒu shūnǚ qìzhì  ―  to have an aura of elegance

   • 窈窕淑女，君子好逑。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎo qiú. [Pinyin]

     The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:
     For our prince a good mate she.

2. quiet girl
3. (ACG, Internet slang, ironic) (female) pervert

Synonyms

• (pervert): 變態／变态 (biàntài), (male) 紳士／绅士 (shēnshì)

Derived terms

• 名門淑女／名门淑女 (míngménshūnǚ)
• 窈窕淑女 (yǎotiǎoshūnǚ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (淑女):

• → Japanese: 淑(しゅく)女(じょ) (shukujo)
• → Korean: 숙녀(淑女) (sungnyeo)
• → Vietnamese: thục nữ (淑女)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淑	女
しゅく Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅ​くじょ [shúꜜkùjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) しゅく​じょ [shùkúꜜjò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝʑo̞]

Noun

淑(しゅく)女(じょ) • (shukujo) 

1. lady
2. (Internet slang, ironic) (female) pervert

Synonyms

• 　 (male) 紳(しん)士(し) (shinshi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
淑	女

Noun

淑女 • (sungnyeo) (hangeul 숙녀)

1. Hanja form^? of 숙녀 (“lady”).