織女

See also: 织女

Chinese

		weave	female; woman; daughter
trad. (織女)		織	女
simp. (织女)		织	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ neoi^5-2
• Gan (Wiktionary): ziit⁶ nyy³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳt-ńg
• Jin (Wiktionary): zeh⁴ ny²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit-lú / chit-lír / chit-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-nü³
    • Yale: jr̄-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyneu
    • Palladius: чжинюй (čžinjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: jīk néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ziit⁶ nyy³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɨt̚⁵ n̠ʲy²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳt-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziid` ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zid⁵ ng³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨt̚² ŋ̍³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zeh⁴ ny²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡səʔ²⁻⁴⁵ ny⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Magong, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-lú
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citluo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-lír
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-lír
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sit̚⁵ lɨ⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵⁴ lɯ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Hsinchu, Hongmaogang, Dalinpu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tsit-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: citlie
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Hongmaogang, Dalinpu): /t͡sit̚³¹⁻⁵ li⁵¹/
    • IPA (Yilan): /t͡sit̚²⁻⁵ li⁵³/

Noun

織女

1. (dated) weaving girl; weaver girl

Proper noun

織女

1. (Chinese mythology) Zhinü, the weaver girl; see The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd
2. (～星) (uranography) Weaving Girl, an asterism in the Chinese constellation Ox

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 織女 (“Zhinü, the weaver girl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		織女
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	織女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	七姐
	Hong Kong	織女, 七姐
Southern Min	New Taipei (Tamsui)	七娘媽
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	七娘媽
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	七娘媽
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	七娘媽
	Yilan (Toucheng)	七娘媽
	Tainan (Anping)	七娘媽
	Penghu (Xiyu)	七娘媽

Dialectal synonyms of 織女星 (“Vega”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		織女星, 織女
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	織女星
Southern Min	Xiamen	七娘媽星
	Taipei	織女
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	織女
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	織女
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	織女
	Kaohsiung	織女
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	織女
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	織女
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	織女
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	織女
	Yilan	織女
	Yilan (Toucheng)	織女
	Changhua (Lukang)	織女
	Taichung	織女
	Tainan	織女, 七娘媽星
	Tainan (Anping)	織女
	Hsinchu	織女
	Kinmen	織女
	Penghu (Magong)	織女
	Penghu (Xiyu)	織女

Derived terms

• 牛郎織女／牛郎织女
• 牽牛織女／牵牛织女
• 織女一／织女一 (Zhīnǚyī)
• 織女星／织女星 (Zhīnǚxīng)