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仕女

仕女

Chinese

		an official	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (仕女)		仕	女

Noun

仕女

(historical) maid in an imperial palace
traditional Chinese painting of beautiful women

Derived terms

仕女圖／仕女图

仕女畫／仕女画

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shìnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Min Nan (POJ): sū-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shìnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhneu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    仕女
    侍女
    士女
    室女
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-lí
  - Tâi-lô: sū-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/