玉女

Chinese

		jade	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (玉女)		玉	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ neoi⁵, juk⁶ neoi^5-2
Min Nan (POJ): gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: yùnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiwneu
  - IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    慾女／欲女
    玉女
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ neoi⁵, juk⁶ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: yuhk néuih, yuhk néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ noey⁵, juk⁹ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ nêu⁵, yug⁶ nêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/, /jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú
  - Tâi-lô: gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gioglie, giogluo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/, /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /giɔk̚²⁴⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/, /giɔk̚²⁴⁻²² lu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /giɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ li⁵³/, /giɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/, /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/, /giɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁴¹/

Noun

玉女

(literary) beautiful girl
(literary) fairy; nymph; sprite
(literary, honorific) your (beautiful) daughter
Alternative name for 菟絲／菟丝 (tùsī).

Derived terms

玄妙玉女
玉女峰
玉女扉
玉女投壺／玉女投壶
玉女披衣
玉女擣練碪／玉女擣练碪
玉女沙
玉女洗頭盆／玉女洗头盆

玉女登梯
玉女盆
玉女砧
玉女窗
玉女臺／玉女台
玉女金童
金童玉女 (jīntóngyùnǚ)

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