惡女

See also: 恶女 and 悪女

Chinese

		evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated	female; woman; daughter
trad. (惡女)		惡	女
simp. (恶女)		恶	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ènǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ok³ neoi⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ok-ńg
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ok-lú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ènǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ènyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-nü³
    • Yale: è-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehneu
    • Palladius: энюй (enjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ok³ neoi⁵
    • Yale: ok néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ok⁸ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: og³ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːk̚³ nɵy̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ok-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: og` ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: og⁵ ng³
    • Sinological IPA: /ok̚² ŋ̍³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok-lú
    • Tâi-lô: ok-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: okluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ lu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁵ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'ak nrjoX|nrjoH

Rime
Character	惡	女	女
Reading #	3/3	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	娘 (12)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III	III
Fanqie	烏各切	尼吕切	尼據切
Baxter	'ak	nrjoX	nrjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑk̚/	/ɳɨʌX/	/ɳɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑk̚/	/ɳiɔX/	/ɳiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑk̚/	/niɔX/	/niɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔak̚/	/ɳɨə̆X/	/ɳɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʔɑk̚/	/niɔX/	/niɔH/
Wang Li	/ɑk̚/	/nĭoX/	/nĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑk̚/	/ni̯woX/	/ni̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	e	nǚ	nǜ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ok3	neoi5	neoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤak  nraʔ|nraʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːɡ  naʔ|nas/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	惡	女	女
Reading #	1/2	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	è	nǚ	nǜ
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔak ›	‹ nrjoX ›	‹ nrjoH ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁak/	/*nraʔ/	/*nraʔ-s/
English	bad, ugly	female	give as a wife
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	惡	女	女
Reading #	3/3	1/2	2/2
No.	14220	9616	9618
Phonetic component	亞	女	女
Rime group	鐸	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	惡		女
Old Chinese	/*qaːɡ/	/*naʔ/	/*nas/

Noun

惡女

1. bad woman; evil woman; villainess

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (惡女):

• → Japanese: 悪(あく)女(じょ) (akujo)
• → Korean: 악녀(惡女) (angnyeo)
• → Vietnamese: ác nữ (惡女)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
惡	女
あく Jinmeiyō	じょ Grade: 1
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 惡女 – see the following entry.

【悪女あくじょ】 [noun] a bad-natured woman [noun] an ugly woman

(This term, 惡女, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
惡	女

Noun

惡女 • (angnyeo) (hangeul 악녀)

1. Hanja form^? of 악녀 (“bad woman; evil woman; villainess”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
惡	女

Noun

惡女

1. chữ Hán form of ác nữ (“bad woman; evil woman; villainess”).