魔法少女

Chinese

		magic; wizardry; witchcraft magic; wizardry; witchcraft; sorcery	young woman; girl; youngest daughter
trad. (魔法少女)		魔法	少女
simp. #(魔法少女)		魔法	少女

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) (mahō shōjo, “magical girl”). Doublet of 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mófǎ shàonǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ faat³ siu³ neoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-hoat siàu-lú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mófǎ shàonǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mófǎ shàonyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-fa³ shao⁴-nü³
    • Yale: mwó-fǎ shàu-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mofaa shawneu
    • Palladius: мофа шаонюй (mofa šaonjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ faat³ siu³ neoi⁵
    • Yale: mō faat siu néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ faat⁸ siu³ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ fad³ xiu³ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ faːt̚³ siːu̯³³ nɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-hoat siàu-lú
    • Tâi-lô: môo-huat siàu-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'hoad siaoluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁵ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/

Noun

魔法少女

1. (manga, anime) magical girl (a girl or young woman with magical abilities and engaged in magical adventures)

   《魔法少女小圓》 [MSC, trad.]
   《魔法少女小圆》 [MSC, simp.]

   “Mófǎ Shàonǚ Xiǎoyuán” [Pinyin]

   Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Synonyms

• (humorous) 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魔	法	少	女
ま Grade: S	ほう Grade: 4	しょう Grade: 2	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 魔法(まほう) (mahō) + 少女(しょうじょ) (shōjo).

Noun

魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) • (mahō shōjo) ^{←まはふせうぢよ (mafafuseudyo)?}

1. (manga, anime) magical girl (a girl or young woman with magical abilities and engaged in magical adventures)

Descendants

• → Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)
  • Mandarin: 魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)
• → Korean: 마법소녀(魔法少女) (mabeopsonyeo)
• → English: magical girl (calque)

See also

• 魔女(まじょ)っ子(こ) (majokko)

Korean

Hanja in this term
魔	法	少	女

Noun

魔法少女 • (mabeopsonyeo) (hangeul 마법소녀)

1. Hanja form^? of 마법소녀.