叻女

Chinese

		smart	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (叻女)		叻	女

Etymology

“lesbian”: Phono-semantic matching of English lesbian + 女 (neoi5-2, “girl”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lek¹ neoi^5-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lek¹ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: lēk néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lek⁷ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lég¹ nêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /lɛːk̚⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

叻女

(Cantonese) smart girl
(Cantonese, slang) lesbian

Adjective

叻女

(Cantonese, of a girl) smart

See also

叻仔

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