淑女

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Chinese

good; pure; virtuous
good; pure; virtuous; charming
 
female; woman; daughter
trad. (淑女)
simp. #(淑女)

Etymology

“(female) pervert”
Influenced by Japanese readaptation of the word in modern times.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (25) (12)
Final () (4) (22)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyuwk nrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨuk̚/ /ɳɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiuk̚/ /ɳiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiuk̚/ /niɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑuwk̚/ /ɳɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ʑiuk̚/ /niɔX/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭuk̚/ /nĭoX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯uk̚/ /ni̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
suk6 neoi5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shū
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyuwk › ‹ nrjoX ›
Old
Chinese
/*iwk/ /*nraʔ/
English fine, good female

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 11756 9616
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦljɯwɢ/ /*naʔ/

Noun

淑女

  1. virtuous and beautiful woman; lady
    淑女氣質淑女气质  ―  yǒu shūnǚ qìzhì  ―  to have an aura of elegance
  2. quiet girl
  3. (ACG, Internet slang, ironic) (female) pervert

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (淑女):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゅく
Grade: S
じょ
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(しゅく)(じょ) (shukujo

  1. lady
  2. (Internet slang, ironic) (female) pervert

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

淑女 (sungnyeo) (hangeul 숙녀)

  1. hanja form? of 숙녀 (lady)