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Chinese
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female; woman; daughter
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sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
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trad. (女性)
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女
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性
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simp. #(女性)
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女
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性
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Pronunciation
Noun
女性
- (often attributive) the female sex; female
- 女性衛生用品/女性卫生用品 ― nǚxìng wèishēng yòngpǐn ― feminine hygiene products
- woman; female
- 月經期女性/月经期女性 ― yuèjīngqī nǚxìng ― menstruating women
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Japanese
Etymology 1
Spelling repurposed from nyoshō below during the Meiji period (1868–1912), using the relatively newer kan'on readings of the characters.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
女性 • (josei) ←ぢよせい (dyosei)? (counter 人)
- a woman (adult female person)
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- 年頃の女性が自分の腸なんか見ていていいのだろうか
- Toshigoro no josei ga jibun no chō nan ka mite ite ii no darō ka
- Is it okay for a woman of marriageable age to stare at her own guts?
1999 August 26, “誕生の天使”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami:
- 女性のおなかに命が宿った事を知らせてくれると言われている。
- Josei no onaka ni inochi ga yadotta koto o shirasete kureru to iwarete iru.
- Legend has it that it can tell you when a woman gets with child.
2000 January 27, “アルラウネ”, in Vol.7, Konami:
- 花の中の女性が毒花粉をまき散らす。近づいてはいけない。
- Hana no naka no josei ga doku kafun o makichirasu. Chikazuite wa ikenai.
- A flower-dwelling woman who spreads poisonous pollen. Never get anywhere near her.
2015 March 10 [2014 December 10], Yūji Shiozaki, “第百五拾参話”, in 一騎当千, 2nd edition, volume 23 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books:これで興福寺学園を処分する理由が出来ました 多勢で一人の女性を暴行した罪は重く…その償いは死- Kore de Kōfukuji Gakuen o shobun suru riyū ga dekimashita Tazei de hitori no josei o bōkō shita tsumi wa omoku… Sono tsugunai wa shi
- I now have a justification to dispose of Kōfukuji Academy. Ganging up on a lone woman, that shall not go unpunished… And the punishment is death.
- (biology, grammar) the feminine gender
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 女性 (MC nrjoX sjengH, “woman; female + character; gender”). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing.[1]
Largely superseded in everyday Japanese by josei above.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
女性 • (nyoshō) ←によしやう (nyosyau)?
- (rare, dated) a woman
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
女性 • (yeoseong) (hangeul 여성)
- hanja form? of 여성 (“woman”)
Vietnamese
Adjective
女性
- chữ Hán form of nữ tính (“feminine”).