處女

See also: 処女 and 处女

Chinese edit

		a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with	female; woman; daughter
trad. (處女)		處	女
simp. (处女)		处	女

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chǔnǚ, chùnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ ㄋㄩˇ, ㄔㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu² neoi⁵, cyu⁵ neoi⁵, cyu² neoi^5-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhú-ńg / chhu-ńg
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhù-lú / chhìr-lír / chhù-lí / chhú-lú / chhú-lí / chhír-lír / chhí-lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): cu³ neng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chǔnǚ [Phonetic: chúnǚ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǔnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu³-nü³
  - Yale: chǔ-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuuneu
  - Palladius: чунюй (čunjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chùnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chùnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴-nü³
  - Yale: chù-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuhneu
  - Palladius: чунюй (čunjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyu² neoi⁵, cyu⁵ neoi⁵, cyu² neoi^5-2
  - Yale: chyú néuih, chyúh néuih, chyú néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsy² noey⁵, tsy⁵ noey⁵, tsy² noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: qu² nêu⁵, qu⁵ nêu⁵, qu² nêu^5-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː³⁵ nɵy̯¹³/, /t͡sʰyː¹³ nɵy̯¹³/, /t͡sʰyː³⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhú-ńg / chhu-ńg
  - Hakka Romanization System: cu` ng` / cu ng`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cu³ ng³ / cu⁴ ng³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹ ŋ̍³¹/, /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ ŋ̍³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-lú
  - Tâi-lô: tshù-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuoluo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìr-lír
  - Tâi-lô: tshìr-lír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tshù-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuolie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-lú
  - Tâi-lô: tshú-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhwluo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tshú-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhwlie
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhír-lír
  - Tâi-lô: tshír-lír
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhí-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tshí-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chylie
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cu³ neng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshù nṳ́ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ nɯŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun edit

處女

female virgin; maiden

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 處女 (“female virgin; maiden”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		處女, 處子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		處女, 黃花閨女, 童貞女, 童女
Mandarin	Beijing	黃花女兒
	Taiwan	處女
	Harbin	黃花兒閨女, 黃花閨女
	Wuhan	黃花幼女
	Singapore	處女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	褸𩬎妹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	處女, 黃花閨女
Gan	Nanchang	黃花閨女
Gan	Pingxiang	黃花女
Hakka	Meixian	黃花女
Southern Min	Xiamen	在室女
	Quanzhou	在室女
	Zhangzhou	在室女, 儂厝查某仔
	Tainan	在室女
	Singapore (Hokkien)	在室女
	Manila (Hokkien)	在室女
	Longyan	在室女
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	紅花女
	Leizhou	包紅, 家內女
Wu	Shanghai	黃花閨女
Wu	Suzhou	黃花閨女
Xiang	Changsha	紅花女, 紅花姑娘, 紅花妹子
Xiang	Loudi	黃花女