侍女

Chinese

		attend on	female; woman; daughter
trad. (侍女)		侍	女
simp. #(侍女)		侍	女
anagram		女侍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ neoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-lú / sī-lú / sīr-lír / sū-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-nü³
    • Yale: shr̀-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhneu
    • Palladius: шинюй (šinjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 仕女 侍女 士女 室女

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ neoi⁵
    • Yale: sih néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² nɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-lú
    • Tâi-lô: sū-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxluo
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-lú
    • Tâi-lô: sī-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixluo
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /si²²⁻²¹ lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-lír
    • Tâi-lô: sīr-lír
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-lí
    • Tâi-lô: sū-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxlie
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/

Noun

侍女

1. young female servant; maid; maidservant

See also

• 女僕／女仆 (nǚpú)
• 女傭／女佣 (nǚyōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
侍	女
じ Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1
goon	kan'on

Noun

侍(じ)女(じょ) • (jijo) 

1. a lady-in-waiting, a lady's maid

References

• “侍女”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026