腐女子

Chinese

		decay; rotten	woman; female; daughter
trad. (腐女子)		腐	女子
simp. #(腐女子)		腐	女子

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 腐(ふ)女(じょ)子(し) (fujoshi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǔnǚzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǔnǚzǐ [Phonetic: fǔnǘzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǔnyǔzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: fu³-nü³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: fǔ-nyǔ-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuuneutzyy
    • Palladius: фунюйцзы (funjujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

腐女子

1. (ACG) fujoshi

Synonyms

• 腐女 (fǔnǚ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腐	女	子
ふ Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

腐 (fu, “rotten”) +‎ 女子 (joshi, “woman”), a pun on homophonous 婦女子 (fujoshi, “women”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝʑo̞ɕi]

• Homophone: 婦女子

Noun

腐(ふ)女(じょ)子(し) • (fujoshi) 

1. (slang) A girl/woman who likes homosexual male relationships, a female who enjoys observing relations between gay men/boys.
2. (slang) A female who enjoys yaoi.
3. (slang, derogatory, by extension) A female who is a fan of manga and/or anime.

Coordinate terms

• 腐(ふ)男(だん)子(し) (fudanshi)

Descendants

• → English: fujoshi, fujo
• → Chinese: 腐女 (fǔnǚ), 腐女子 (fǔnǚzǐ)

  → Vietnamese: hủ nữ (腐女)

• Korean: 부녀자(腐女子) (bunyeoja)

Korean

Hanja in this term
腐	女	子

Noun

腐女子 • (bunyeoja) (hangeul 부녀자)

1. Hanja form^? of 부녀자 (“A female fan of yaoi”).