玉女

Chinese

		jade	female; woman; daughter
trad. (玉女)		玉	女
simp. #(玉女)		玉	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ neoi⁵, juk⁶ neoi^5-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-nü³
    • Yale: yù-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhneu
    • Palladius: юйнюй (jujnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ neoi⁵, juk⁶ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: yuhk néuih, yuhk néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ noey⁵, juk⁹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ nêu⁵, yug⁶ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/, /jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú
    • Tâi-lô: gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gioglie, giogluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/, /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² li⁵⁵⁴/, /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² lu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ li⁵³/, /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/, /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/, /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁴¹/

Noun

玉女

1. (literary) beautiful girl
2. (literary) fairy; nymph; sprite
3. (literary, honorific) your (beautiful) daughter
4. Alternative name for 菟絲／菟丝 (tùsī).

Proper noun

玉女

1. Elizabeth Taylor

Derived terms

• 玄妙玉女
• 玉女峰
• 玉女扉
• 玉女投壺／玉女投壶
• 玉女披衣
• 玉女擣練碪／玉女捣练砧
• 玉女沙
• 玉女洗頭盆／玉女洗头盆
• 玉女登梯
• 玉女盆
• 玉女砧
• 玉女窗
• 玉女臺／玉女台
• 玉女金童
• 金童玉女 (jīntóngyùnǚ)