| young | female; woman; daughter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (幼女) | 幼 | 女 | |
| simp. #(幼女) | 幼 | 女 | |
幼女
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 小女 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小女兒, 幼女 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老丫兒, 小老丫兒, 小老丫 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老生閨女 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 老閨女 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 幺女兒, 幺女 |
| Wuhan | 幺姑娘 | |
| Guiyang | 幺姑娘, 幺女 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老姑娘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孻女, 細女 |
| Hong Kong | 孻女, 細女 | |
| Dongguan | 細女, 孻女 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 滿女, 滿妹仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 滿妹, 滿女 |
| Xingning | 滿女 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 滿女 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 滿女 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 滿女 | |
| Changting | 滿女 | |
| Wuping | 滿女子 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 滿女 | |
| Liancheng | 尾女 | |
| Ninghua | 尾女 | |
| Ruijin | 滿女, 滿姑女 | |
| Shicheng | 滿女 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 滿女 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 滿妹, 滿女 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 滿妹, 滿女 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 滿妹, 滿女 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 滿妹, 滿女 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 滿妹, 滿女 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 滿女 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細女 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 尾走囝 |
| Haikou | 細查某囝, 孧查某囝 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 細女, 晚女 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小囡 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 滿女, 滿嬌子 |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 幼 | 女 |
| よう Grade: 6 |
じょ Grade: 1 |
| kan'on | |
*/ɨeu dʲɨo/ → /jeudio/ → /joːd͡zo/
From Middle Chinese compound 幼女 (MC 'jiwH nrjoX, literally “young child + woman”).