yo女

Chinese

		outgoing; sociable	female; woman; daughter
trad. (yo女)		yo	女
simp. #(yo女)		yo	女

Etymology

From English yo + 女 (“girl”), referring to how young males try to act cool when greeting girls.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jou¹ neoi^5-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jou¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: yōu néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jou¹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: you¹ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jou̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Verb

yo女

1. (Cantonese, slang) to hook up with girls; to chat up girls; to flirt with girls

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 泡妞 (“to pick up a girl; to chase after a girl; to hit on a girl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Mandarin	Beijing	泡妞, 拍婆子 dated
	Taiwan	泡妞, 泡馬子, 撩妹, 把妹, 把馬子
	Singapore	泡妞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	溝女
	Hong Kong	溝女, 𠝹女, yo女
Southern Min	Taipei	奅查某 GT, 奅姼仔 GT
	Shantou	釣女
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)