老閨女

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	girl; unmarried woman; maiden girl; unmarried woman; maiden; daughter
trad. (老閨女)		老	閨女
simp. (老闺女)		老	闺女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoguīnü, lǎoguīnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ˙ㄋㄩ, ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ gwai¹ neoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoguīnü
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ˙ㄋㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎogueinyů
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-kuei¹-nü⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-gwēi-nyu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoguei.niu
    • Palladius: лаогуйнюй (laogujnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ny²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoguīnür
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ˙ㄋㄩㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎogueinyůr
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-kuei¹-nü⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: lǎu-gwēi-nyur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoguei.niuel
    • Palladius: лаогуйнюйр (laogujnjujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ nyə̯ɻ²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoguīnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎogueinyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-kuei¹-nü³
    • Yale: lǎu-gwēi-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laogueineu
    • Palladius: лаогуйнюй (laogujnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ gwai¹ neoi⁵
    • Yale: lóuh gwāi néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ gwai¹ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ guei¹ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³/

Noun

老閨女

1. (colloquial) youngest daughter

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小女兒 (“youngest daughter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		小女
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小女兒, 幼女
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	老丫兒, 小老丫兒, 小老丫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老生閨女
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	老閨女
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	幺女兒, 幺女
	Wuhan	幺姑娘
	Guiyang	幺姑娘, 幺女
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	老姑娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孻女, 細女
	Hong Kong	孻女, 細女
	Dongguan	細女, 孻女
Gan	Pingxiang	滿女, 滿妹仔
Hakka	Meixian	滿妹, 滿女
	Xingning	滿女
	Huidong (Daling)	滿女
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	滿女
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	滿女
	Changting	滿女
	Wuping	滿女子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	滿女
	Liancheng	尾女
	Ninghua	尾女
	Ruijin	滿女, 滿姑女
	Shicheng	滿女
	Shangyou (Shexi)	滿女
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	滿妹, 滿女
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	滿妹, 滿女
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	滿妹, 滿女
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	滿妹, 滿女
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	滿妹, 滿女
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	滿女
Huizhou	Jixi	細女
Southern Min	Shantou	尾走囝
	Haikou	細查某囝, 孧查某囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細女, 晚女
Wu	Ningbo	小囡