女郎

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	youth
trad. (女郎)		女	郎
simp. #(女郎)		女	郎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚláng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ long⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lú-lông / lír-lông / lí-lông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚláng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔláng
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-lang²
    • Yale: nyǔ-láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neulang
    • Palladius: нюйлан (njujlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ long⁴
    • Yale: néuih lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ long⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ lɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-lông
    • Tâi-lô: lú-lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lwloong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-lông
    • Tâi-lô: lír-lông
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-lông
    • Tâi-lô: lí-lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lyloong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjoX lang

Rime
Character	女	郎
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	尼吕切	魯當切
Baxter	nrjoX	lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨʌX/	/lɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiɔX/	/lɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/niɔX/	/lɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨə̆X/	/laŋ/
Li Rong	/niɔX/	/lɑŋ/
Wang Li	/nĭoX/	/lɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯woX/	/lɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǚ	láng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	neoi5	long4

Noun

女郎

1. young woman; girl; lady

   • 同行十二年，不知木蘭是女郎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     同行十二年，不知木兰是女郎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. Nanbeichao–Tang era, anonymous, Ballad of Mulan (《木蘭詩》)

     Tóngháng shí'èr nián, bùzhī Mùlán shì nǚláng. [Pinyin]

     For twelve years we fought together;
     That Mulan is a lady, we never knew either!

Synonyms

• 少女 (shàonǚ)

Derived terms

• 兔女郎 (tùnǚláng)
• 吉普女郎
• 噴火女郎／喷火女郎
• 妙齡女郎／妙龄女郎
• 封面女郎
• 應召女郎／应召女郎 (yìngzhào nǚláng)
• 摩登女郎
• 阻街女郎
• 風塵女郎／风尘女郎

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	郎
め Grade: 1	ろう Grade: S
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
女	郎
じょ > じょう Grade: 1	ろう > ろ Grade: S
irregular

Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
女	郎
じょ Grade: 1	ろう > ろ Grade: S
irregular

Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
女	郎
じょ Grade: 1	ろう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょろー [jòróꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) じょろー [jòróó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɾo̞ː]

• (Tokyo) じょろ [jòróꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɾo̞]

• (Tokyo) じょーろ [jòóróꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɾo̞]

• (Tokyo) めろー [mèróꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ɾo̞ː]

Noun

女(じょ)郎(ろう) • (jorō) ^{←ぢよらう (dyorau)?}
(alternative reading hiragana じょろ, rōmaji joro, historical hiragana ぢよろ)
(alternative reading hiragana じょうろ, rōmaji jōro, historical hiragana ぢようろ)
(alternative reading hiragana めろう, rōmaji merō, historical hiragana めらう)

1. (in compounds) young woman
2. a prostitute; a whore
3. (derogatory) a bitch; a cunt

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:娼婦

Derived terms

• 端(はし)女(じょ)郎(ろう) (hashi jorō, “low-end prostitute”)
• 局(つぼね)女(じょ)郎(ろう) (tsubone jorō)
• 格(こう)子(し)女(じょ)郎(ろう) (kōshi jorō)
• 見世(みせ)女(じょ)郎(ろう) (mise jorō)
• 埋(うめ)茶(ちゃ)女(じょ)郎(ろう), 梅(うめ)茶(ちゃ)女(じょ)郎(ろう) (umecha jorō)
• 月(がち)の女(じょ)郎(ろう) (gachi no jorō)
• 女(じょ)郎(ろう)蜘(ぐ)蛛(も) (jorōgumo)
• 女(じょ)郎(ろう)花(か) (jorōka)

See also

• 野(や)郎(ろう) (yarō)