信女

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	female; woman; daughter
trad. (信女)		信	女
simp. #(信女)		信	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ neoi^5-2, seon³ neoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sìn-lú / sìn-lír / sìn-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsin⁴-nü³
    • Yale: syìn-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnneu
    • Palladius: синьнюй (sinʹnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ neoi^5-2, seon³ neoi⁵
    • Yale: seun néui, seun néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ noey^5-2, soen³ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ nêu^5-2, sên³ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/, /sɵn³³ nɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-lú
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienluo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-lír
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-lí
    • Tâi-lô: sìn-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienlie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin²¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/

Noun

信女

1. female Buddhist devotee

Derived terms

• 善男信女 (shànnán xìnnǚ)