女方

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
trad. (女方)		女	方
simp. #(女方)		女	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ fong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lú-hong / lí-hong / lír-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔfang
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-fang¹
    • Yale: nyǔ-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neufang
    • Palladius: нюйфан (njujfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ fong¹
    • Yale: néuih fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-hong
    • Tâi-lô: lú-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lw'hofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-hong
    • Tâi-lô: lí-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'hofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-hong
    • Tâi-lô: lír-hong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/

Noun

女方

1. the female's side (when it contrasts with the male's side, such as in a marriage, love relationship or a competition); wife or bride's side

Antonyms

• 男方 (nánfāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	方
おんな Grade: 1	かた > がた Grade: 2
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 女方 – see the following entry.

【女形おんながた】 [noun] male actor who plays female roles in kabuki theater: onnagata 【女形おやま】 [noun] male actor who plays female roles in kabuki theater: onnagata [noun] in puppetry, a female puppet [noun] (slang, possibly archaic, chiefly Kansai) a high-end prostitute Alternative spellings お山, 御山

(This term, 女方, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)