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女
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- 女
- nǚ · woman, girl; feminine; Kangxi radical 38; 10th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Aquarii (Albali)
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3 · nu:3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 8 senses · 4 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jyu5 · neoi2 · neoi5 · neoi6
Cantonese word readings for 女. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female
- daughter (Classifier: 個／个 c; 粒 c)
- (Cantonese) girl; young female (Classifier: 條／条 c; 班 c)
- (Cantonese, Teochew, slang) girlfriend (Classifier: 條／条 c; 粒 mn-t)
- (Cantonese, card games) queen (Classifier: 張／张 c; 隻／只 c)
- (astronomy) the Girl (a Chinese constellation near Aquarius, 10th of the Twenty-Eight Mansions and part of the Black Turtle)
character · Etymology 2
- (obsolete) to give one's daughter in marriage; to give as wife
character · Etymology 3
- (literary) alternative form of 汝 (rǔ, “you”)
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