女流

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Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (女流)		女	流
simp. ^#(女流)		女	流

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǚliú

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ lau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lír-liû / lú-liû / lí-liû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǚliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔlióu
  - Wade–Giles: nü³-liu²
  - Yale: nyǔ-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuliou
  - Palladius: нюйлю (njujlju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ lau⁴
  - Yale: néuih làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ lɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-liû
  - Tâi-lô: lír-liû
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-liû
  - Tâi-lô: lú-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lwliuu
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-liû
  - Tâi-lô: lí-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lyliuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liu²³/

Noun

女流

(now slightly derogatory) woman; the weaker sex
- 其書云： […] 昔李將軍忍恥降虜，欲得當以報漢，妾雖女流，志竊類此。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  其书云： […] 昔李将军忍耻降虏，欲得当以报汉，妾虽女流，志窃类此。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE
  Qí shū yún: […] xī Lǐ jiāngjūn rěn chǐ xiáng lǔ, yù dédàng yǐ bào Hàn, qiè suī nǚliú, zhì qiè lèi cǐ.
  Her letter said, “... In the old days, General Li swallowed humiliation and surrendered to the Xiongnu in the hope of awaiting a chance to serve the country again. Though I’m but a woman, I’ve been having similar aspirations.”

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	流
じょ Grade: 1	りゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

女(じょ)流(りゅう) • (joryū)

(attributive, chiefly occupational) female
- 1947, 坂口安吾, オモチャ箱:
  次(つぎ)にはさる新進(しんしん)の女流(じょりゅう)作家(さっか)を訪問(ほうもん)する。
  Tsugi ni wa saru shinshin no joryū sakka o hōmon suru.
  Next we have a visit by a certain up-and-coming female author.

Korean

Hanja in this term
女	流

Noun

女流 • (yeoryu) (hangeul 여류)

hanja form^? of 여류 (“female”)

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