女中

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (女中)		女	中
simp. #(女中)		女	中
anagram		中女

Etymology

Short for 女子中學／女子中学 (nǚzǐ zhōngxué)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ zung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí-tiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔjhong
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-chung¹
    • Yale: nyǔ-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neujong
    • Palladius: нюйчжун (njujčžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ zung¹
    • Yale: néuih jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-tiong
    • Tâi-lô: lí-tiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'diofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

女中

1. girls' middle school or girls' high school

Antonyms

• 男中

Derived terms

• 女中丈夫
• 女中堯舜／女中尧舜
• 女中豪傑／女中豪杰 (nǚzhōngháojié)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	中
じょ Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょちゅう [jòchúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

女(じょ)中(ちゅう) • (jochū) ^{←ぢょちゅう (dyotyuu)?}

1. Synonym of 下女 (gejo, “maidservant”)

See also

• 奥(おく)女(じょ)中(ちゅう) (okujochū)
• 上(かみ)女(じょ)中(ちゅう) (kamijochū)
• 下(しも)女(じょ)中(ちゅう) (shimojochū)