女子

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

女子

1. (formal) woman; female (Classifier: 名; 個／个)

   畫中女子／画中女子  ―  huà zhōng nǚzǐ  ―  the woman in the painting

   女子籃球／女子篮球  ―  nǚzǐ lánqiú  ―  women's basketball

2. (literary or Wanrong Mandarin, Dungan, Jiangxi Hakka) daughter
3. (literary) virgin girl
4. (Xi'an Mandarin, Waxiang) girl

Synonyms

• (woman):

• (daughter):

• (girl):

Antonyms

• 男子 (nánzǐ)

Derived terms

See also

• 姑娘 (gūniang)
• 女孩 (nǚhái)
• 女士 (nǚshì)
• 女性 (nǚxìng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょ​し (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

女(じょ)子(し) • (joshi) ^{←ぢよし (dyosi)?}

1. girl; woman

Synonyms

• 女(おんな)の子(こ) (onnanoko)

Antonyms

• 男(だん)子(し) (danshi)

Derived terms

Related terms

• 女(じょ)性(せい) (josei)

Etymology 2

Compound of 女 (me, “woman”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).

Alternative forms

• 妻子

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

女(め)子(こ) • (meko) 

1. wife and child
2. wife
3. a female child; girl
4. a woman

Derived terms

• おめこ (omeko)

Etymology 3

wominago → ominago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

女(おみな)子(ご) • (ominago) ^{←をみなご (wominago)?}

1. a female child; a girl

Derived terms

• 女(おんな)子(ご) (onnago), 女(おな)子(ご) (onago)

Etymology 4

wonnago → onnago. From earlier 女子 (ominago).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

女(おんな)子(ご) • (onnago) ^{←をんなご (wonnago)?}

1. a female child; a girl
2. a woman

Derived terms

• 女(おな)子(ご) (onago)

Etymology 5

wonago → onago. From earlier wonnago.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おなご (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

女(おな)子(ご) • (onago) ^{←をなご (wonago)?}

1. a female child; a girl
   • 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “歓(かん)迎(げい)会(かい)の〝突(つ)き〞の巻(まき)”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) (六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん)), volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 110:

     お…おなごじゃあ‼めんごいおなごさおるぞ！

     O…Onago jā‼ Mengoi onago sa oru zo!

     A…A girl!! There’s a cute girl here, y’all!

2. a woman

References

Korean

Noun

女子 • (nyeoja) (hangeul 녀자)

1. Hanja form^? of 녀자 (“(North Korea) woman; girl”).

Noun

女子 • (yeoja) (hangeul 여자)

1. Hanja form^? of 여자 (“(South Korea) woman; girl”).

Oki-No-Erabu

Etymology

Cognate to Yoron 女子 (ふなぐ, funagu), Okinawan 女(ゐな)子(ぐ) (winagu), Japanese 女(おな)子(ご) (onago).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ,

Noun

女子(をぅなぐ) or 女子(いぃなぐ) or 女子(ゐなぐ) (unagu or yinagu or inagu) 

1. woman, girl

Derived terms

References

• “をぅなぐ【女子】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “いぃなぐ・ゐなぐ【女子】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Okinawan