叻女

叻女

Chinese

		smart	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (叻女)		叻	女

Etymology

“lesbian”

Phono-semantic matching of English lesbian + 女 (neoi5-2, “girl”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lek¹ neoi^5-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lek¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: lēk néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lek⁷ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lég¹ nêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /lɛːk̚⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

叻女

1. (Cantonese) smart girl
2. (Cantonese, slang) lesbian

Adjective

叻女

1. (Cantonese, of a girl) smart

See also

• 叻仔