神女

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	female; woman; daughter
trad. (神女)		神	女
simp. #(神女)		神	女
anagram		女神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ neoi^5-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-lú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-nü³
    • Yale: shén-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernneu
    • Palladius: шэньнюй (šɛnʹnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: sàhn néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-lú
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² lu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ lu⁴¹/

Noun

神女

1. (religion) goddess
2. (dated, euphemistic) female prostitute

Synonyms

• (goddess): 女神 (nǚshén)
• (female prostitute):

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• 先生 (xiānshēng) (archaic)
• 大先生 (Wu, dated)
• 妓女 (jìnǚ)
• 娼妓 (chāngjì)
• 媌 (miáo)
• 小先生 (⁵shiau-shi-san) (Wu, dated)
• 幺二 (¹iau-gni) (Wu, dated, inferior)
• 煙花女 / 烟花女 (yānhuānǚ)
• 站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ) (euphemistic)