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修女

修女

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (修女)		修	女

Noun

修女

(Catholicism, Greek Orthodox) nun; sister

Derived terms

德蘭修女／德兰修女 (Délán xiūnǚ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiūnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ neoi^5-2
Min Nan (POJ): siu-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiūnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouneu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau¹ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: sāu néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ noey^5-2
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-lí
  - Tâi-lô: siu-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siulie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu³³ li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/