艦娘

Chinese

		warship	mother; young lady
trad. (艦娘)		艦	娘
simp. (舰娘)		舰	娘

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 艦娘 (Kanmusu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànniáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànniáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànniáng
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-niang²
    • Yale: jyàn-nyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannniang
    • Palladius: цзяньнян (czjanʹnjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Noun

艦娘

1. (neologism, slang, ACG) shipgirl

Japanese

Kanji in this term
艦	娘
かん Grade: S	むす Grade: S
on'yomi	irregular

Etymology

From Kantai Collection

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kã̠mːɯ̟sɨ]

Noun

艦(かん)娘(むす) • (kanmusu) 

1. shipgirl