女子

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

女子 (hiragana じょし, romaji joshi)

  1. girl; woman
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Etymology 2[edit]

Compound of me (“woman”) and ko (“child”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

女子 (hiragana めこ, romaji meko)

  1. wife and child
  2. wife
  3. a female child; girl
  4. a woman

Etymology 3[edit]

wominago > ominago.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [ominaɡo]

Noun[edit]

女子 (hiragana おみなご, romaji ominago, historical hiragana をみなご)

  1. a female child; a girl
Derived terms[edit]
  • 女子 (onnago, onago)

Etymology 4[edit]

wonnago > onnago. From earlier wominago.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [onnaɡo]

Noun[edit]

女子 (hiragana おんなご, romaji onnago, historical hiragana をんなご)

  1. a female child; a girl
  2. a woman
Derived terms[edit]
  • 女子 (onago)

Etymology 5[edit]

wonago > onago. From earlier wonnago.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [onaɡo]

Noun[edit]

女子 (hiragana おなご, romaji onago, historical hiragana をなご)

  1. a female child; a girl
  2. a woman

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this word
女 子

Hanja[edit]

女子 (hangeul 여자, revised yeoja)

  1. 女子: girl
    (eumhun reading: 여자 女子)

Mandarin[edit]

simpl. and trad.
女子

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [ ny˧˥tsɨ˨˩˦ ]

Noun[edit]

女子 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nǚzǐ)

  1. (formal) woman; female

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References[edit]

  • 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
  • 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
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