黃花閨女

See also: 黄花闺女

Chinese

		yellow flower; daylily	girl; unmarried woman; maiden girl; unmarried woman; maiden; daughter
trad. (黃花閨女)		黃花	閨女
simp. (黄花闺女)		黄花	闺女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huánghuā guīnü, huánghuā guīnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄍㄨㄟ ˙ㄋㄩ, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ faa¹ gwai¹ neoi^5-2
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'uong⁴ fa¹ 'gui¹ nyy³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huánghuā guīnü
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄍㄨㄟ ˙ㄋㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huánghua gueinyů
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-hua¹ kuei¹-nü⁵
    • Yale: hwáng-hwā gwēi-nyu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanghua guei.niu
    • Palladius: хуанхуа гуйнюй (xuanxua gujnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ny²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huánghuāguīnür
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄍㄨㄟ ˙ㄋㄩㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huánghuagueinyůr
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-hua¹-kuei¹-nü⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwáng-hwā-gwēi-nyur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanghuaguei.niuel
    • Palladius: хуанхуагуйнюйр (xuanxuagujnjujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ nyə̯ɻ²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huánghuā guīnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huánghua gueinyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-hua¹ kuei¹-nü³
    • Yale: hwáng-hwā gwēi-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwanghua gueineu
    • Palladius: хуанхуа гуйнюй (xuanxua gujnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ faa¹ gwai¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: wòhng fā gwāi néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ faa¹ gwai¹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ fa¹ guei¹ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ faː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'uong⁴ fa¹ 'gui¹ nyy³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈuɔŋ³⁵ fa⁴² ˈkui⁴² n̠ʲy²¹³/

Noun

黃花閨女

1. maiden; (untouched) female virgin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 處女 (“female virgin; maiden”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		處女, 處子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		處女, 黃花閨女, 童貞女, 童女
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	黃花女兒
	Taiwan	處女
	Harbin	黃花兒閨女, 黃花閨女
	Singapore	處女
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	黃花幼女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	褸𩬎妹
	Hong Kong	處女, 黃花閨女
Gan	Nanchang	黃花閨女
	Pingxiang	黃花女
Hakka	Meixian	黃花女
Northern Min	Jian'ou	阿娘囝仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	在室女
	Quanzhou	在室女
	Zhangzhou	在室女, 儂厝查某仔
	Tainan	在室女
	Singapore (Hokkien)	在室女
	Manila (Hokkien)	在室女
	Longyan	在室女
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	紅花女
	Leizhou	包紅, 家內女
Wu	Shanghai	黃花閨女
	Suzhou	黃花閨女
Xiang	Changsha	紅花女, 紅花姑娘, 紅花妹子
	Loudi	黃花女