玉女

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Chinese

		jade	female; woman; daughter
trad. (玉女)		玉	女
simp. ^#(玉女)		玉	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ neoi⁵ / juk⁶ neoi^5-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-nü³
  - Yale: yù-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhneu
  - Palladius: юйнюй (jujnjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    慾女／欲女
    玉女
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ neoi⁵ / juk⁶ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: yuhk néuih / yuhk néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ noey⁵ / juk⁹ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ nêu⁵ / yug⁶ nêu^5-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/, /jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú
  - Tâi-lô: gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gioglie, giogluo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/, /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² li⁵⁵⁴/, /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² lu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ li⁵³/, /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/, /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/, /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁴¹/

Noun

玉女

(literary) beautiful girl
(literary) fairy; nymph; sprite
(literary, honorific) your (beautiful) daughter
Alternative name for 菟絲／菟丝 (tùsī).

Proper noun

玉女

Elizabeth Taylor

Derived terms

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