自梳女

Chinese

			female; woman; daughter
trad. (自梳女)		自梳	女
simp. #(自梳女)		自梳	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìshūnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄕㄨ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ so¹ neoi^5-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìshūnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄕㄨ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhshunyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-shu¹-nü³
    • Yale: dz̀-shū-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhshuneu
    • Palladius: цзышунюй (czyšunjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ so¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: jih sō néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ so¹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ so¹ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² sɔː⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

自梳女

1. (historical) woman who combs her hair into a bun (similar to that of a married woman) to declare her status as permanently unmarried