煙花女

Chinese

		flowers in smoke; gorgeous spring scene	female; woman; daughter
trad. (煙花女)		煙花	女
simp. (烟花女)		烟花	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānhuānǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ faa¹ neoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānhuānǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanhuanyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-hua¹-nü³
    • Yale: yān-hwā-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhuaneu
    • Palladius: яньхуанюй (janʹxuanjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ faa¹ neoi⁵
    • Yale: yīn fā néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ faa¹ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ fa¹ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 煙花女

1. female prostitute (especially in Yuan theater)

Synonyms

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• 先生 (xiānshēng) (archaic)
• 大先生 (Wu, dated)
• 妓女 (jìnǚ)
• 娼妓 (chāngjì)
• 媌 (miáo)
• 小先生 (⁵shiau-shi-san) (Wu, dated)
• 幺二 (¹iau-gni) (Wu, dated, inferior)
• 神女 (shénnǚ) (euphemistic)
• 站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ) (euphemistic)

 

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