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織女

織女

See also: 织女

Chinese

		weave	female; woman; daughter
trad. (織女)		織	女
simp. (织女)		织	女

Proper noun

織女

Zhi Nü, the weaver girl in Chinese folklore; see The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd

Derived terms

織女一／织女一 (Zhīnǚ yī)

織女星／织女星 (Zhīnǚxīng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Zhīnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ neoi^5-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chṳt-ńg
Min Nan (POJ): Chit-lír / Chit-lú / Chit-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Zhīnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jyneu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik¹ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: jīk néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ noey^5-2
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chṳt-ńg
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziid` ng`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zid⁵ ng³
  - IPA: /t͡sɨt̚² ŋ̍³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chit-lír
  - Tâi-lô: Tsit-lír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chit-lú
  - Tâi-lô: Tsit-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: citluo
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chit-lí
  - Tâi-lô: Tsit-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: citlie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ li⁵³/