童貞女

Chinese

		virginity; chastity	female; woman; daughter
trad. (童貞女)		童貞	女
simp. (童贞女)		童贞	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngzhēnnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄣ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zing¹ neoi^5-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-chṳ̂n-ńg
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-cheng-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngzhēnnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄣ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngjhennyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-chên¹-nü³
    • Yale: túng-jēn-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngjenneu
    • Palladius: тунчжэньнюй (tunčžɛnʹnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ zing¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: tùhng jīng néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ dzing¹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ jing¹ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-chṳ̂n-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: tungˇ ziin´ ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung² zin¹ ng³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sɨn²⁴ ŋ̍³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-cheng-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tông-tsing-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongzenglie
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/

Noun

童貞女

1. female virgin

   童貞女馬利亞／童贞女马利亚  ―  Tóngzhēnnǚ Mǎlìyà  ―  the Virgin Mary

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 處女 (“female virgin; maiden”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		處女, 處子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		處女, 黃花閨女, 童貞女, 童女
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	黃花女兒
	Taiwan	處女
	Harbin	黃花兒閨女, 黃花閨女
	Singapore	處女
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	黃花幼女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	褸𩬎妹
	Hong Kong	處女, 黃花閨女
Gan	Nanchang	黃花閨女
	Pingxiang	黃花女
Hakka	Meixian	黃花女
Northern Min	Jian'ou	阿娘囝仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	在室女
	Quanzhou	在室女
	Zhangzhou	在室女, 儂厝查某仔
	Tainan	在室女
	Singapore (Hokkien)	在室女
	Manila (Hokkien)	在室女
	Longyan	在室女
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	紅花女
	Leizhou	包紅, 家內女
Wu	Shanghai	黃花閨女
	Suzhou	黃花閨女
Xiang	Changsha	紅花女, 紅花姑娘, 紅花妹子
	Loudi	黃花女

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (童貞女):

• → Korean: 동정녀(童貞女) (dongjeongnyeo)