乾物女

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	thing; object; matter	female; woman; daughter
trad. (乾物女)		乾	物	女
simp. (干物女)		干	物	女

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 干(ひ)物(もの)女(おんな) (himono onna).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānwùnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon¹ mat⁶ neoi^5-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānwùnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganwùnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-wu⁴-nü³
    • Yale: gān-wù-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganwuhneu
    • Palladius: ганьунюй (ganʹunjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ u⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon¹ mat⁶ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: gōn maht néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon¹ mat⁹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gon¹ med⁶ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːn⁵⁵ mɐt̚² nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

乾物女

1. (neologism, slang) young, single woman who is uninterested in relationships and living a sloppy lifestyle