yo女

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)⁺
    • 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	Taiwan	泡妞, 泡馬子, 撩妹, 把妹
	Singapore	泡妞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	溝女
	Hong Kong	溝女, 𠝹女, yo女
Min Nan	Taipei	奅查某 GT
	Shantou	釣女
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)