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烈女
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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Noun
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Japanese
2.1
Noun
Chinese
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ardent; intense; split
ardent; intense; split; crack; rend
female; woman; daughter
trad.
(
烈女
)
烈
女
simp.
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(
烈女
)
烈
女
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
liènǚ
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
lit
6
neoi
5
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
liènǚ
Zhuyin
:
ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
liènyǔ
Wade–Giles
:
lieh
4
-nü
3
Yale
:
lyè-nyǔ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
liehneu
Palladius
:
ленюй
(lenjuj)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/li̯ɛ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
lit
6
neoi
5
Yale
:
liht néuih
Cantonese Pinyin
:
lit
9
noey
5
Guangdong Romanization
:
lid
6
nêu
5
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/liːt̚² nɵy̯¹³/
Noun
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烈女
heroine
, female
martyr
(
neo-Confucianism
)
a woman who commits
suicide
after her husband or fiancé's death rather than remarry, or who dies preserving her
chastity
Japanese
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Kanji
in this term
烈
女
れつ
Grade: S
じょ
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Noun
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烈
(
れつ
)
女
(
じょ
)
•
(
retsujo
)
faithful
woman
with a strong
will
1920
, 菊池寛, 真珠夫人:
瑠璃子
(
るりこ
)
は、
昂然
(
こうぜん
)
と
現代
(
げんだい
)
の
烈女
(
れつじょ
)
と
云
(
い
)
つてもいゝやうに、
美
(
うつく
)
しく
勇
(
いさ
)
ましかつた。
Ruriko wa, kōzen to gendai no retsujo to itte mo ii yō ni, utsukushiku isamashikatta.
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