女生

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ChineseEdit

		female; woman; daughter	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (女生)		女	生

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ sang¹, neoi⁵ saang¹
• Min Nan (POJ): lí-seng / lú-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: nǚshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neusheng
    • IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ sang¹, neoi⁵ saang¹
    • Yale: néuih sāng, néuih sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noei⁵ sang¹, noei⁵ saang¹
    • IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /nɵy̯¹³ sɑːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-seng / lú-seng
    • Tâi-lô: lí-sing / lú-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lysefng, lwsefng
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

NounEdit

女生

1. schoolgirl; female student
2. young female; girl

   • 上大學那會兒，女生都愛扎堆兒，你三個一群，我五個一伙，一塊兒上食堂吃飯，一塊兒到圖書館晚自習。 [MSC, trad.]

     上大学那会儿，女生都爱扎堆儿，你三个一群，我五个一伙，一块儿上食堂吃饭，一块儿到图书馆晚自习。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2008: Qin Yong (秦俑), 化妝

     Shàng dàxué nèi huìr, nǚshēng dōu ài zhāduī'ér, nǐ sān ge yī qún, wǒ wǔ ge yī huǒ, yīkuàir shàng shítáng chīfàn, yīkuàir dào túshūguǎn wǎn zìxí. [Pinyin]

     Back during my uni days, the girls liked going in groups to the canteen for a bite to eat or to the library to study into the night.

3. (chiefly Taiwan) female; woman

SynonymsEdit

• 少女 (shàonǚ)
• 女孩 (nǚhái)
• 女子 (nǚzǐ)

AntonymsEdit

• 男生 (nánshēng)