Chinese edit

paternal aunt mother; young lady
trad. (姑娘)
simp. #(姑娘)
alternative forms 菇涼菇凉 slang

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • gūniangr - “prostitute”;
  • gūniáng - “paternal aunt; sister-in-law”.

Noun edit

姑娘

  1. girl; maiden; unmarried woman
  2. (Mandarin, Gan, Jin, colloquial) daughter
  3. (Jilu, Central Plains, Jianghuai and Southwestern Mandarin, Gan, Huizhou, Shaowu Min, Wu) paternal aunt (father's sister)
  4. (Jianghuai Mandarin, Yangjiang Yue, Wu) sister-in-law (husband's sister)
  5. (Southwestern Mandarin) wife
  6. (historical, obsolete) concubine
  7. (chiefly Cantonese, Southern Min, Christianity) nun or unmarried female preacher (often as a title)
  8. (Cantonese) female nurse, healthcare professional, social worker, etc.
  9. (colloquial, dialectal) female prostitute
  10. (Muping Mandarin) young sorceress; young witch
  11. (Northern Thai Mandarin) woman
  12. (Guangzhou Cantonese, dated) Ms.; Miss
  13. (Pingxiang Gan) young married woman
  14. Alternative name for 菇蔫 (gūniān, “bladder cherry”).

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Japanese: 姑娘 (kūnyan)
  • Korean: 꾸냥 (kkunyang), 쿠냥 (kunyang)
  • Russian: ку́ня (kúnja)

Japanese edit

 
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Kanji in this term
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Hyōgaiji
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Grade: S
irregular

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Mandarin 姑娘 (gūniang).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

姑娘(クーニャン) (kūnyan

  1. young Chinese girl

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN