娘子軍

Chinese

		wife; woman; lady	army; military; arms
trad. (娘子軍)		娘子	軍
simp. (娘子军)		娘子	军

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niángzǐjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noeng⁴ zi² gwan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niû-chú-kun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niángzǐjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niángzǐhjyun
    • Wade–Giles: niang²-tzŭ³-chün¹
    • Yale: nyáng-dž-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niangtzyyjiun
    • Palladius: нянцзыцзюнь (njanczyczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noeng⁴ zi² gwan¹
    • Yale: nèuhng jí gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noeng⁴ dzi² gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêng⁴ ji² guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nœːŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-chú-kun
    • Tâi-lô: niû-tsú-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niuzw'kwn
    • IPA (Taipei): /niũ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kun⁴⁴/

Noun

娘子軍

1. (military) detachment of women
2. (humorous) group of women which collectively do something