怨女曠夫

Chinese

		old maiden; old maid; old palace maid	unmarried man; bachelor
trad. (怨女曠夫)		怨女	曠夫
simp. (怨女旷夫)		怨女	旷夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuànnǚ kuàngfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˋ ㄋㄩˇ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄈㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuànnǚ kuàngfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˋ ㄋㄩˇ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuànnyǔ kuàngfu
    • Wade–Giles: yüan⁴-nü³ kʻuang⁴-fu¹
    • Yale: ywàn-nyǔ kwàng-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuannneu kuanqfu
    • Palladius: юаньнюй куанфу (juanʹnjuj kuanfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/

Idiom

怨女曠夫

1. a grieving woman and a desolate man (a woman without a husband and a man without a wife)

Alternative forms

• 曠夫怨女／旷夫怨女 (kuàngfū yuànnǚ)