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Chinese
Woman (Chinese)
- Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
女兒 (“daughter”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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女
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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女兒
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Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
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女兒, 女花兒, 閨女, 姑娘, 丫頭
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Taiwan
|
女兒
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Langfang
|
閨妮
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
女兒
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Harbin
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女兒, 姑娘, 閨女, 閨娘, 丫頭
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Shenyang
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姑娘, 丫頭
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Malaysia
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女兒
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Singapore
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女兒
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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女兒, 閨女, 小棉襖 humorous
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Tangshan
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閨女
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Cangzhou
|
閨女
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Baoding
|
閨女
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Shijiazhuang
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閨女
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Weifang (Weicheng)
|
閨女
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Weifang (Fangzi)
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閨女, 嫚兒
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Changle
|
閨女兒
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Shouguang
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閨女
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Wulian
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閨女, 丫頭, 嫚兒, 識字班
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Jinan
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閨女
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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閨娘, 閨娘子, 女兒
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Qingdao
|
閨女
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Weifang (Hanting)
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閨女
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Changyi
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閨女, 嫚姑子
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Gaomi
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閨女, 嫚兒, 嫚兒姑子
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Zhucheng
|
閨女
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Anqiu
|
閨女
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Linqu
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閨女
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Qingzhou
|
閨女
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Daming
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妮兒
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Wanrong
|
女子
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Zhengzhou
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閨女, 妞
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Xi'an
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女, 女兒
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Xining
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姑娘, 丫頭
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Xuzhou
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女兒, 閨女
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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女兒, 姑娘兒
|
Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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女兒, 丫頭
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Bayanhot
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丫頭
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Lanzhou
|
女兒
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Ürümqi
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女兒, 丫頭
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Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
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女兒, 女, 姑娘兒
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Wuhan
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姑娘, 丫頭
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Guiyang
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姑娘, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 幺女, 幺姑娘, 小丫頭, 小姑娘
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Kunming
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囡兒, 姑娘
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Guilin
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女兒
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Liuzhou
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女, 丫頭
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Sanjiang (Danzhou)
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妹崽
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
女兒, 姑娘
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Yangzhou
|
女兒, 姑娘
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Nantong
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丫頭
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Hefei
|
女兒, 丫頭
|
Huanggang
|
女兒
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
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女
|
Hong Kong
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女, 女女, 阿女
|
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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女, 妹仔
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
女
|
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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阿女
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
阿女
|
Macau
|
女
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
女
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
女
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
女
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
女
|
Foshan
|
女
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
女
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
女
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
女
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
女
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
女
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
女
|
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
女
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
女
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
女
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
女
|
Taishan
|
女
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
女
|
Enping (Niujiang)
|
女
|
Heshan (Yayao)
|
女
|
Dongguan
|
女
|
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
女
|
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
阿女
|
Qingyuan
|
女
|
Fogang
|
女
|
Yingde (Hanguang)
|
女
|
Yangshan
|
妹仔
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Lianshan (Butian)
|
女
|
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
女
|
Shaoguan
|
女
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
女
|
Renhua
|
女
|
Lechang
|
女
|
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
女
|
Sihui
|
女
|
Guangning
|
女
|
Deqing
|
女
|
Huaiji
|
女
|
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
女
|
Yunfu
|
女
|
Xinxing
|
女
|
Luoding
|
女
|
Yunan (Pingtai)
|
女
|
Yangjiang
|
桓仔, 妹仔
|
Xinyi
|
女
|
Maoming (Xinpo)
|
女
|
Lianjiang
|
女
|
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
|
康女兒, 夫娘儂
|
Nanning
|
女
|
Wuzhou
|
女
|
Yulin
|
女
|
Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
女
|
Guiping
|
女
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
女
|
Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
女
|
Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
女
|
Baise
|
女
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Bobai
|
女
|
Lingshan
|
女
|
Pubei
|
女
|
Qinzhou
|
女
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Beihai
|
女
|
Beihai (Nankang)
|
女
|
Beihai (Yingpan)
|
女
|
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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女, 妹仔
|
Ningming
|
女
|
Hengzhou
|
女
|
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
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女仔
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
女
|
Danzhou
|
女
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
女
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
女
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
女
|
Móng Cái
|
女
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
女, 姑娘
|
Lichuan
|
女
|
Pingxiang
|
女, 妹仔
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Hakka
|
Meixian
|
妹仔
|
Xingning
|
妹哩
|
Dabu (Xihe)
|
妹兒, 女
|
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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阿女
|
Huiyang
|
妹子
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Huidong (Daling)
|
妹仔
|
Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
妹主
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
妹主
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
妹子
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
妹哩
|
Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
妹哩
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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妹哩
|
Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
妹哩
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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阿女
|
Wengyuan
|
妹子
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
妹子
|
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
妹仔
|
Liannan
|
妹子
|
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
女
|
Jiexi
|
妹
|
Luhe
|
妹仔, 阿女
|
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
阿女
|
Changting
|
妹子, 女
|
Wuping
|
妹子
|
Wuping (Yanqian)
|
女哩
|
Wuping (Pingyu)
|
妹子
|
Liancheng
|
妹子娘
|
Ninghua
|
女
|
Yudu
|
女, 女子
|
Ningdu
|
女
|
Ruijin
|
女, 女子
|
Shicheng
|
女
|
Shangyou (Shexi)
|
女
|
Tonggu (Sandu)
|
妹子
|
Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
女
|
Dayu
|
女哩
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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妹仔, 妹子
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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妹仔, 妹子
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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妹仔, 妹子
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
妹, 妹子, 細妹
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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妹仔, 妹子
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
阿女
|
Hong Kong
|
妹子
|
Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
妹子
|
Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
女
|
Xinyi (Sihe)
|
女
|
Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
女
|
Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
女
|
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
女
|
Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
女子
|
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
妹𧊅, 女子
|
Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
女
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
妹子
|
Luchuan
|
女
|
Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
女
|
Bobai (Shahe)
|
女
|
Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
妹
|
Mashan (Pianlian)
|
妹子
|
Sabah (Bao'an)
|
妹子
|
Sabah (Longchuan)
|
妹哩
|
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
妹
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
妹子
|
Singkawang
|
妹子
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
女
|
Shexian
|
女
|
Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
囡, 囡囝
|
Xiuning
|
囡兒
|
Yixian
|
囡兒
|
Qimen
|
女, 女兒
|
Wuyuan
|
女, 女兒, 囡
|
Fuliang
|
女崽
|
Dexing
|
𡚴姑
|
Jingde
|
女伲
|
Shitai (Xianyu)
|
女兒
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
閨女, 姑娘, 妮子
|
Pingyao
|
閨女, 女子
|
Xinzhou
|
閨女
|
Hohhot
|
閨女, 女子
|
Zhangjiakou
|
閨女
|
Handan
|
閨女
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
阿娘囝
|
Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
娘囝
|
Songxi
|
阿娘囝
|
Zhenghe
|
阿娘囝
|
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
娘囝
|
Jianyang
|
阿娘囝
|
Wuyishan
|
阿娘囝
|
Pucheng (Shibei)
|
阿娘囝
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
諸娘囝
|
Fuzhou (Changle)
|
諸娘囝
|
Fuqing
|
諸娘囝
|
Yongtai
|
諸娘囝
|
Gutian
|
諸娘囝
|
Pingnan
|
諸娘囝
|
Fu'an
|
諸娘囝
|
Ningde
|
諸母囝
|
Shouning
|
諸母囝
|
Zhouning
|
諸娘囝
|
Fuding
|
諸母囝
|
Matsu
|
諸娘囝
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
查某囝, 查某仔
|
Quanzhou
|
查某仔
|
Yongchun
|
查某囝
|
Zhangzhou
|
查某仔, 灶雞
|
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
查某仔
|
Pinghe
|
查某囝, 查某仔 Xiazhai, Jiufeng, Luxi
|
Zhangpu
|
查某仔
|
Dongshan
|
查囝
|
Taipei
|
查某囝
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
查某囝
|
Kaohsiung
|
查某囡仔, 查某囝
|
Yilan
|
查某囝
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
查某囝
|
Taichung
|
查某囝
|
Taichung (Wuqi)
|
查某囝
|
Tainan
|
查某囝
|
Taitung
|
查某囝
|
Hsinchu
|
查某囝
|
Kinmen
|
查某囡仔
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
查某囝
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
查某囝, 查某仔
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
查某囝
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
查某仔, 查某囝
|
Longyan
|
查某仔
|
Zhangping
|
查某仔
|
Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
查某仔
|
Datian
|
阿使
|
Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
女
|
Chaozhou
|
走囝
|
Shantou
|
走囝
|
Shantou (Chenghai)
|
走囝
|
Jieyang
|
走囝
|
Haifeng
|
查某囝
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
走囝
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
走囝
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
查某囝, 走囝
|
Batam (Teochew)
|
查某囝, 走囝
|
Pontianak (Teochew)
|
查某囝
|
Leizhou
|
查某囝
|
Wenchang
|
查某囝
|
Haikou
|
查某囝, 查囝
|
Qionghai
|
查某囝
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
嬸娘囝
|
Xianyou
|
子囝
|
Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
娘囝
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
中母囝
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
女
|
Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
女
|
Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
女
|
Fuding
|
女
|
Luoyuan
|
女
|
Sanming
|
女
|
Shunchang
|
女
|
Hua'an
|
妹仔
|
Guixi (Zhangping)
|
女
|
Cangnan
|
女
|
Jingning (Hexi)
|
女
|
Lishui
|
女
|
Longyou
|
女
|
Chaozhou
|
女
|
Fengshun
|
女
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
囡兒, 囡 dated, 囡兒大細 dated, 小鬼丫頭 endearing
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
丫頭
|
Suzhou
|
囡兒
|
Wuxi
|
囡兒
|
Danyang
|
女兒
|
Hangzhou
|
女兒
|
Ningbo
|
囡
|
Wenzhou
|
奶兒
|
Jinhua
|
囡兒, 囡, 女兒
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
女, 妹子
|
Xiangtan
|
女, 妹唧
|
Loudi
|
女
|
Shuangfeng
|
女
|
Quanzhou
|
女崽
|
Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Jiangyong
|
女
|
Dialectal synonyms of
女朋友 (“girlfriend”)
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
女朋友, 女友
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
女朋友
|
Taiwan
|
女朋友, 女友, 馬子 humorous or derogatory
|
Singapore
|
女朋友
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Xuzhou
|
女朋友
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
女娃子, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 盤子
|
Guilin
|
𧊅
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
女朋友, 攀西
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
女朋友, 女
|
Hong Kong
|
女朋友, 女友, 女, 女女, 菜 derogatory
|
Taishan
|
女朋友, 女
|
Dongguan
|
皮油
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
女朋友
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
女朋友
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
細妹朋友, 女朋友
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
細妹朋友, 女朋友
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
細妹朋友, 女朋友
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
細妹朋友, 女朋友
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
妹子朋友, 女朋友
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
女朋友
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
女朋友
|
Shishi
|
女朋友
|
Taipei
|
姼仔 GT
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
查某朋友
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
查某朋友
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
女朋友, 查某朋友
|
Chaozhou
|
女朋友
|
Haifeng
|
女朋友
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
查某朋友
|
Leizhou
|
女朋友
|
Singapore (Hainanese)
|
女朋友
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
女朋友
|
Suzhou
|
女朋友
|
Hangzhou
|
女朋友
|
Ningbo
|
女朋友
|
Zhoushan
|
女朋友
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
妹子
|
Note
|
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
|
Dialectal synonyms of
圈兒 (“queen (playing cards)”)
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
疙瘩, 疙瘩包
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
皮蛋, 十二
|
Zhengzhou
|
十二, 圈
|
Xi'an
|
圈子
|
Xuzhou
|
皮蛋, 皮球, 球蛋
|
Lanyin Mandarin
|
Ürümqi
|
皮蛋, 圈子
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Wuhan
|
皮蛋, 蛋, 環, 婆婆
|
Guiyang
|
蛋, 蛋蛋
|
Liuzhou
|
悶, 丘
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
皮蛋
|
Yangzhou
|
皮蛋
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
女
|
Hong Kong
|
女
|
Taishan
|
女
|
Nanning
|
敏
|
Nanning (Tanka)
|
文
|
Wuzhou
|
敏
|
Yulin
|
敏
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
皮蛋
|
Pengze
|
箍
|
Lichuan
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皮蛋
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Pingxiang
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蛋, 皮蛋架架
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Hakka
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Yudu
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圈子
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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皮蛋
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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圈兒
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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Q, 卵
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Shantou
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箍, 𡚸, 妹
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Puning
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箍
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Wu
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Shanghai
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皮蛋
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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皮蛋
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Suzhou
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蛋, 皮蛋
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Ningbo
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皮蛋, 蛋
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- Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
Compounds
- 女王 (jōu), 女王 (jōō), 女王 (nyōu, “queen”)
- 女医 (joi, “female doctor”)
- 少女 (shōjo, “young girl, style of anime for young women”)
- 女系 (jokei, “woman-succession; matrilineal”)
- 女傑 (joketsu, “brave woman”)
- 女権 (joken, “women's rights”)
- 女史 (joshi, “Ms.”)
- 女中 (jochū, “maid”)
- 処女 (shojo, “virgin, maiden”)
- 女子 (joshi, “girl”)
- 女児 (joji, “female infant”)
- 女神 (joshin)
- 女性 (josei, “woman”)
- 女声 (josei, “female voice”)
- 女婿, 女壻 (josei, “son-in-law”)
- 女帝 (jotei, “empress”)
- 女優 (joyū, “actress”)
- 女流 (joryū, “female”)
- 女郎 (jorō, “prostitute”)
- 女官 (nyokan, “court lady”)
- 女性 (nyoshō)
- 女将 (nyoshō, “mistress, hostess”)
- 女人 (nyonin, “woman”)
- 女房 (nyōbō, “wife”)
- 悪女 (akujo)
- 王女 (ōjo), 王女 (ōnyo, “princess”)
- 皇女 (ōjo)
- 宮女 (kyūjo)
- 孝女 (kōjo, “filial daughter”)
- 工女 (kōjo, “female worker”)
- 皇女 (kōjo, “imperial princess”)
- 才女 (saijo)
- 子女 (shijo)
- 二女 (jijo)
- 次女 (jijo)
- 侍女 (jijo)
- 淑女 (shukujo)
- 信女 (shinnyo)
- 仙女 (sennyo), 仙女 (senjo, “fairy, nymph, elf”)
- 善女 (zennyo)
- 息女 (sokujo, “daughter”, honorific)
- 男女 (danjo)
- 男尊女卑 (dansonjohi)
- 痴女 (chijo, “slut, female libertine”)
- 長女 (chōjo, “eldest daughter”)
- 天女 (tennyo)
- 東女 (tonjo)
- 男女 (nannyo)
- 美女 (bijo, “beauty, belle”)
- 本女 (ponjo)
- 魔女 (majo, “witch”)
- 遊女 (yūjo)
- 幼女 (yōjo)
- 養女 (yōjo)
- 老女 (rōjo)
- 女将 (okami)
- 女形 (oyama)
- 貴女 (anata)
- 海女 (ama)
- 瞽女 (goze)
- 女衒 (zegen)
- 侍女, 従女 (makatachi)
- 巫女 (miko)
- 皇女 (miko)
- 湯女 (yuna)
Woman (Japanese)
- Derived terms
- Idioms
- Proverbs
Young woman (Japanese)
Woman (2) (Japanese)
Derived terms
- 女女しい, 女々しい (memeshii, “unmanly, effeminate, sissy”)
- 姪 (mei, “niece”)
- 夫婦 (meoto, “man and wife, married couple”)
- 女親 (meoya, “mother”, archaic)
- 女神 (megami, “goddess”)
- 女瓦 (megawara)
- 女木 (megi, “female tree; lower or receiving piece of wood in a join”)
- 女君 (megimi): polite term for another person's wife or daughter
- 女子 (meko, “woman and child; girl”)
- 雌, 牝 (mesu, “female animal”)
- 女滝: in a waterfall with two cataracts, the smaller of the two
- 女竹 (medake, “Pleioblastus simonii”)
- 娶る (metoru, “get married”)
- 女波 (menami): the smaller waves
- 婚く (memaku, “get married”)
- 女の子 (me no ko, “girl; woman”)
- 乳母 (menoto), 傅 (menoto, “nanny; wetnurse; foster parent”)
- 郎女 (iratsume): (archaic) an ancient term of endearment for referring to a woman or girl
- 浮かれ女, 浮女 (ukareme, “female entertainer or prostitute”)
- 采女 (uneme)
- 乙女 (otome, “maiden”)
- 姑 (shūtome, “mother-in-law”)
- 手弱女 (taoyame), 手弱女 (tawayame)
- 端女 (hashitame, “servant girl”)
- 姫 (hime, “princess”)
- 日孁, 日霊, 日女 (Hirume)
- 娘 (musume, “daughter”)
- 嫁 (yome, “bride”)
Korean
Woman (Korean)
Compounds
- 여체 (女體, yeoche)
- 여인 (女人, yeoin)
- 여자 (女子, yeoja)
- 여장 (女裝, yeojang)
- 여진 (女眞, yeojin)
- 여성 (女性, yeoseong)
- 여신 (女神, yeosin)
- 여왕 (女王, yeowang)
- 여동생 (女同生, yeodongsaeng)
- 여학생 (女學生, yeohaksaeng)
- 차녀 (次女, chanyeo)
- 창녀 (娼女, changnyeo)
- 처녀 (處女, cheonyeo)
- 미녀 (美女, minyeo)
- 손녀 (孫女, sonnyeo)
- 소녀 (少女, sonyeo)
- 소녀 (小女, sonyeo)
- 수녀 (修女, sunyeo)
- 숙녀 (淑女, sungnyeo)
- 양녀 (養女, yangnyeo)
- 처녀막 (處女膜, cheonyeomak)
- 약혼녀 (約婚女, yakhonnyeo)
- 남존여비 (男尊女卑, namjonyeobi)
- 중남경녀 (重男輕女, jungnamgyeongnyeo)
Vietnamese
Woman (Vietnamese)