修女

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	female; woman; daughter
trad. (修女)		修	女
simp. #(修女)		修	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ neoi^5-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-lí / siu-lú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siounyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-nü³
    • Yale: syōu-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouneu
    • Palladius: сюнюй (sjunjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: sāu néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-lí
    • Tâi-lô: siu-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siulie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-lú
    • Tâi-lô: siu-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 修女

1. (Catholicism, Orthodoxy) nun; sister

Derived terms

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Korean

Hanja in this term
修	女

Noun

修女 • (sunyeo) (hangeul 수녀)

1. Hanja form^? of 수녀 (“nun; sister”).