女生

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Chinese

		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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄥ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nǚshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neusheng
    • IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ sang¹
    • Yale: néuih sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ seng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-seng
    • Tâi-lô: lú-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lwsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-sng
    • Tâi-lô: lú-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lwsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-sng
    • Tâi-lô: lír-sng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-seng
    • Tâi-lô: lí-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lysefng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

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 wǎnzìxí. [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

Synonyms

• 少女 (shàonǚ)
• 女孩 (nǚhái)

Dialectal synonyms of 女人 (“woman”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		女子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		女子, 女士, 女人, 女生, 女性, 婦女, 婦人
Mandarin	Beijing	女的, 娘們兒
	Taiwan	女生
	Jinan	女人, 女的, 娘們兒
	Xi'an	女人, 女的
	Wuhan	女的, 女將, 姑娘婆婆
	Chengdu	女的, 女人, 婆娘
	Yangzhou	女人家
	Hefei	女的, 奶奶們
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女人, 婆乸
	Hong Kong	女人, 婆乸
	Yangjiang	妹仔, 夫娘
Gan	Nanchang	女人, 女個
Hakka	Meixian	女個, 婦人家
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	細妹人, 婦人家
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人
	Dongshi (Dabu)	細妹人, 婦人家
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	妹子人, 夫娘人
Jin	Taiyuan	女人, 女的
Min Bei	Jian'ou	阿娘人, 婦女人
Min Dong	Fuzhou	諸娘人, 女界
Min Nan	Xiamen	查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated
	Quanzhou	查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated
	Zhangzhou	查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated
	Taipei	查某, 查某人, 婦人人
	Penang	查某
	Philippines (Manila)	查某, 查某人
	Chaozhou	諸娘
Wu	Suzhou	女人
	Wenzhou	女嘅, 老人客
Xiang	Changsha	女的, 女人家, 堂客, 堂客們
	Shuangfeng	女人家, 堂客們

Antonyms

• 男生 (nánshēng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (女生):

• → Japanese: 女 (じょ)生 (せい) (josei)
• → Korean: 여생 (女生, yeosaeng)
• → Vietnamese: nữ sinh (女生)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	生
じょ Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞se̞ː]

Noun

女生 (hiragana じょせい, rōmaji josei)

1. schoolgirl