伎女

Chinese

		craft	female; woman; daughter
trad. (伎女)		伎	女
simp. #(伎女)		伎	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄋㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-nü³
    • Yale: jì-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihneu
    • Palladius: цзинюй (czinjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 妓女 繼女／继女

Noun

伎女

1. (historical, obsolete) female performing artist trained in music and/or dance (particularly in the court entertainments of China's dynastic period)

See also

• 樂伎／乐伎
• 伎樂／伎乐 (jìyuè)
• 藝旦／艺旦 (yìdàn)
• 藝妲／艺妲 (yìdá)
• 藝妓／艺妓 (yìjì)
• 藝伎／艺伎 (yìjì)
• 書寓／书寓
• 歌女 (gēnǚ)
• 妓女 (jìnǚ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伎	女
ぎ Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1
goon	kan’on

Alternative spelling
妓女

Noun

伎(ぎ)女(じょ) • (gijo) 

1. (archaic) a female dancer trainer by the Imperial palace
2. a female prostitute, generally also an entertainer

Synonyms

(prostitute): See Thesaurus:娼婦

See also

• 内教坊(ないきょうぼう) (naikyōbō)