靚女

See also: 靓女 and 𡃁女

Chinese

Etymology 1

		make up (face)	female; woman; daughter
trad. (靚女)		靚	女
simp. (靓女)		靓	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàngnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leng³ neoi^5-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): liang¹ nui²

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): liang⁴ n³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàngnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàngnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: liang⁴-nü³
    • Yale: lyàng-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianqneu
    • Palladius: ляннюй (ljannjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leng³ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: leng néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: leng³ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: léng³ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: liang¹ nui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ³³ ⁿdui⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liang⁴ n³
    • Sinological IPA: /liaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ n̩³¹/

Noun

靚女

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka) beautiful woman or girl; beauty; lovely lady (Classifier: 個／个; 位)
2. (Cantonese, by extension) Informal term of address to an adult woman: miss

   靚女，畀碟豉油我吖，唔該！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   靓女，畀碟豉油我吖，唔该！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   leng³ neoi^5-2, bei² dip⁶ si⁶ jau⁴ ngo⁵ aa¹, m⁴ goi¹! [Jyutping]

   (To a waitress) Hi, can you give me a plate of soy sauce, please?

3. (Cantonese, restaurant jargon) Alternative name for 白粥 (báizhōu, “plain congee”).

Synonyms

• (beautiful woman):

• 佳人 (jiārén)
• 佳麗／佳丽 (jiālì) (literary)
• 出水芙蓉 (chūshuǐfúróng) (figurative)
• 嫭 (hù) (literary)
• 嬌／娇 (jiāo)
• 紅顏／红颜 (hóngyán) (literary, figurative)
• 美人 (měirén)
• 美女 (měinǚ)
• 行雨 (xíngyǔ) (literary, figurative)
• 麗人／丽人 (lìrén) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 美女 (“beautiful woman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		美女, 美人, 佳人, 佳麗, 麗人, 紅顏, 嬋娟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美女, 美人, 佳人
Mandarin	Beijing	美人兒
	Taiwan	美女
	Singapore	美女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚女
	Hong Kong	靚女
	Taishan	靚女
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚女
	Dongguan	靚女
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚女
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚女
Hakka	Meixian	標緻妹仔, 靚妹仔, 靚女
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	靚女
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠查某
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	媠查某
	Quanzhou	媠查某
	Anxi	媠查某
	Zhangzhou	媠查某
	Zhao'an	媠查某
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媠查某, 俏母
	Manila (Hokkien)	媠查某
	Shantou	雅諸娘
	Jieyang	雅諸娘, 雅儂
	Leizhou	顯娘
	Wenchang	靚母
	Singapore (Hainanese)	靚母
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	靚妹

Coordinate terms

• (beautiful woman): 靚仔／靓仔 (liàngzǎi)

Adjective

靚女

1. (Cantonese, of a girl) pretty; beautiful; good-looking

Etymology 2

		make up (face)	female; woman; daughter
trad. (靚女)		靚	女
simp. (靓女)		靓	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-nü³
    • Yale: jìng-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqneu
    • Palladius: цзиннюй (czinnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

靚女

1. (literary, obsolete) beautiful woman wearing heavy make-up

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 靚女 – see 𡃁女 (“young girl”). (This term is a variant form of 𡃁女).