宮女

See also: 宫女

Chinese

		palace; uterus	female; woman; daughter
trad. (宮女)		宮	女
simp. (宫女)		宫	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ neoi^5-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûng-ńg

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-nü³
    • Yale: gūng-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongneu
    • Palladius: гуннюй (gunnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngnǚr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄩˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongnyǔr
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-nü³-ʼrh
    • Yale: gūng-nyǔr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongneuel
    • Palladius: гуннюйр (gunnjujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ nyə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: gūng néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung´ ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ ng³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴ ŋ̍³¹/

Noun

宮女

1. (historical) lady-in-waiting within the palace; palace maid

Synonyms

• 宮人／宫人 (gōngrén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宮女):

• → Japanese: 宮女(きゅうじょ) (kyūjo)
• → Korean: 궁녀(宮女) (gungnyeo)
• → Vietnamese: cung nữ (宮女)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
宮	女
きゅう Grade: 3	じょ Grade: 1

Noun

宮(きゅう)女(じょ) • (kyūjo) 

1. a woman attendant in the imperial court; lady-in-waiting

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
宮	女
みや Grade: 3	おみな Grade: 1

Noun

宮(みや)女(おみな) or 宮女(みやおんな) • (miyaomina or miyaonna) ^{←みやをみな (myawomina)?}

1. (archaic) a woman attendant in the imperial court, きゅうじょ (kyūjo)

References

• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN