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閨女

閨女

See also: 闺女

Chinese

		small arched door; women's apartment; women	female; woman; daughter
trad. (閨女)		閨	女
simp. (闺女)		闺	女

Noun

閨女

girl; unmarried woman; maiden
daughter

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): guīnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ neoi⁵
Min Nan (POJ): kui-lú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: guīnǚ → guīnü (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟㄋㄩˇ → ㄍㄨㄟㄋㄩ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei.neu
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ny²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai¹ neoi⁵
  - Yale: gwāi néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ noey⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-lú
  - Tâi-lô: kui-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuiluo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ lu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁴¹/