靚女

See also: 靓女 and 𡃁女

Chinese

Etymology 1

		make up (face)	female; woman; daughter
trad. (靚女)		靚	女
simp. (靓女)		靓	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàngnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leng³ neoi^5-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): liang¹ nui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàngnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàngnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: liang⁴-nü³
    • Yale: lyàng-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianqneu
    • Palladius: ляннюй (ljannjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leng³ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: leng néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: leng³ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: léng³ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: liang¹ nui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ³³ ⁿdui⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 靚女

1. (chiefly Cantonese) beautiful woman or girl; beauty; lovely lady (Classifier: 個／个; 位)
2. (Cantonese) Informal term of address to an adult woman.

   靚女，畀碟豉油我吖，唔該！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   靓女，畀碟豉油我吖，唔该！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   leng³ neoi^5-2, bei² dip⁶ si⁶ jau⁴ ngo⁵ aa¹, m⁴ goi¹! [Jyutping]

   (To a waitress) Hi, can you give me a plate of soy sauce, please?

3. (Cantonese, slang, in restaurants) plain congee

Synonyms

• (beautiful woman): 美人 (měirén), 美女 (měinǚ), (literary, figuratively) 行雨 (xíngyǔ)

Coordinate terms

• (beautiful woman): 靚仔／靓仔 (liàngzǎi)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 靚女

1. (Cantonese, of a girl) pretty; beautiful; good-looking

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 靚女 – see 𡃁女 (“young girl”). (This term is a variant form of 𡃁女).