女兒國

Chinese

		daughter; girl	country; state; nation
trad. (女兒國)		女兒	國
simp. (女儿国)		女儿	国

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nǚ'érguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄦˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nǚ'érguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄦˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nyǔ-érguó
    • Wade–Giles: Nü³-êrh²-kuo²
    • Yale: Nyǔ-ér-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neuerlgwo
    • Palladius: Нюйэрго (Njujɛrgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Proper noun

(Proper noun)

1. A country populated solely or primarily by women.

   • 行了幾日，到了女兒國，船隻泊岸 [MSC, trad.]
     行了几日，到了女儿国，船只泊岸 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Flowers in the Mirror

     xíng le jǐrì, dào le nǚ'érguó, chuánzhī bó'àn [Pinyin]

     After traveling several days, they arrived at the country of women, and anchored their boat along the shore.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 女人國／女人国 (Nǚrénguó), which refers to a historically attested country to the south of China.