女郎

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Chinese

female; woman; daughter youth
trad. (女郎)
simp. #(女郎)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (12) (37)
Final () (22) (101)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter nrjoX lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳɨʌX/ /lɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳiɔX/ /lɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/niɔX/ /lɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳɨə̆X/ /laŋ/
Li
Rong
/niɔX/ /lɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/nĭoX/ /lɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ni̯woX/ /lɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
neoi5 long4

Noun

女郎

  1. young woman; girl; lady

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
ろう
Grade: S
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
じょ > じょう
Grade: 1
ろう > ろ
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
じょ
Grade: 1
ろう > ろ
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
じょ
Grade: 1
ろう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(じょ)(ろう) (jorōぢよらう (dyorau)?
(alternative reading hiragana じょろ, rōmaji joro, historical hiragana ぢよろ)
(alternative reading hiragana じょうろ, rōmaji jōro, historical hiragana ぢようろ)
(alternative reading hiragana めろう, rōmaji merō, historical hiragana めらう)

  1. (in compounds) young woman
  2. a prostitute; a whore
  3. (derogatory) a bitch; a cunt

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