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靚女

简靓女 · 繁靚女

Mandarin · pinyin liàng nǚ

(chiefly Cantonese) pretty girl

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女: nǚ · woman, girl; feminine; Kangxi radical 38; 10th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Aquarii (Albali)
靓: jìng · make up face; ornament; quiet

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4–3 · liang4 nu:3

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leng3 neoi2

Cantonese word readings for 靚女. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun · Etymology 1

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka) beautiful woman or girl; beauty; lovely lady (Classifier: 個／个; 位)
(Cantonese, by extension) Informal term of address to an adult woman: miss
(Cantonese, restaurant jargon) Alternative name for 白粥 (báizhōu, “plain congee”).

adj · Etymology 1

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

noun · Etymology 2

(literary, obsolete) beautiful woman wearing heavy make-up

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