女流

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (女流)		女	流
simp. #(女流)		女	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lír-liû / lú-liû / lí-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔlióu
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-liu²
    • Yale: nyǔ-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuliou
    • Palladius: нюйлю (njujlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ lau⁴
    • Yale: néuih làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-liû
    • Tâi-lô: lír-liû
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-liû
    • Tâi-lô: lú-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lwliuu
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-liû
    • Tâi-lô: lí-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lyliuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liu²³/

Noun

女流

1. (derogatory) women; the weaker sex

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	流
じょ Grade: 1	りゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

女(じょ)流(りゅう) • (joryū) 

1. female (before a profession)
   • 1947, 坂口安吾, オモチャ箱:

     次(つぎ)にはさる新進(しんしん)の女流(じょりゅう)作家(さっか)を訪問(ほうもん)する。

     Tsugi ni wa saru shinshin no joryū sakka o hōmon suru.

     Next we have a visit by a certain up-and-coming female author.