淑女
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Chinese[edit]
good; pure; virtuous good; pure; virtuous; charming |
female; woman; daughter | ||
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trad. (淑女) | 淑 | 女 | |
simp. #(淑女) | 淑 | 女 |
Etymology[edit]
- (female) pervert
- Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 淑女 (shukujo), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 淑女 (shūnǚ, “lady”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
淑女
- virtuous and beautiful woman; lady
- 窈窕淑女,君子好逑。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎo qiú. [Pinyin]
- The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:
For our prince a good mate she.
- quiet girl
- (ACG, Internet slang) (female) pervert
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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淑 | 女 |
しゅく Grade: S |
じょ Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) しゅくじょ [shúꜜkùjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
- (Tokyo) しゅくじょ [shùkúꜜjò] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA(key): [ɕɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝʑo̞]
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Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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淑 | 女 |
Noun[edit]
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