少女
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Cantonese [edit]
少女
Noun [edit]
少女 (traditional and simplified, jyutping siu3 neoi5)
Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 少 | 女 |
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Sinitic 少女.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
少女 (hiragana しょうじょ, romaji shōjo, historical hiragana せうぢょ)
Derived terms [edit]
Derived terms
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 乙 (oto, “young, little”) + 女 (me, “female, girl”). Compare 男 (otoko, “man”), originally meaning "young boy".
Alternative forms [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
少女 (hiragana おとめ, romaji otome)
- a young woman, adult but unmarried: a maiden
- a girl
- (mythology) a celestial maiden, a fairy, a nymph
- (Shintō) a young woman dancer performing at the 五節 (Gosechi) ceremony in the eleventh lunar month
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Proper noun [edit]
少女 (hiragana おとめ, romaji Otome)
- the title of the twenty-first chapter in The Tale of Genji: "The Maiden"
Korean [edit]
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| 少 | 女 | ||||||
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /soːnjʌ/
Noun [edit]
少女 (sonyeo)
Mandarin [edit]
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| 少女 | |||
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
少女 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shàonǚ)
Vietnamese [edit]
Noun [edit]
thiếu nữ
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