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使女

使女

Chinese

		to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (使女)		使	女
anagram		女使

Noun

使女

slave-girl; servant girl; maid
(Hakka) adopted daughter

Synonyms

婢女 (bìnǚ)
丫鬟 (yāhuan)
丫頭／丫头 (yātou)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǐnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si² neoi⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-ńg

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǐnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyneu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si² neoi⁵
  - Yale: sí néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si² noey⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ nɵy̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-ńg
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii` ng`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si³ ng³
  - IPA: /sɨ³¹ ŋ̍³¹/