妓女

妓女

Chinese

		prostitute	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (妓女)		妓	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei⁶ neoi⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî-ńg
• Min Nan (POJ): ki-lír / ki-lú / ki-lí / kī-lí / kī-lú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: jìnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihneu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei⁶ neoi⁵
    • Yale: geih néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei⁶ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi⁶ nêu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /kei̯²² nɵy̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi´ ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ ng³
    • IPA: /ki²⁴ ŋ̍³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-lír
    • Tâi-lô: ki-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-lú
    • Tâi-lô: ki-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-lí
    • Tâi-lô: ki-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kilie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lí
    • Tâi-lô: kī-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixlie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lú
    • Tâi-lô: kī-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixluo
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki³³⁻¹¹ lu⁵³/

Noun

妓女

1. (derogatory) female prostitute
2. (historical, obsolete) female performer (particularly in the court entertainments of China's dynastic period)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 妓女

先生 (xiānsheng) (archaic) 咧趁的 (Min Nan) 土婊 (Min Nan) 娼妓 (chāngjì) 媌 (miáo) 媌仔 (Min Nan) 查某孫／查某孙 (Min Nan) 歹查某 (Min Nan) 水貨／水货 (shuǐhuò) (Min Nan) 煙花女／烟花女 (yānhuānǚ) 片仔 (Min Nan) 相楗的 (Min Nan)

神女 (shénnǚ) (euphemistic) 窯姐／窑姐 窯姐兒／窑姐儿 站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ) (euphemistic) 花娘 (Min Nan) 菜店彪 (Min Nan) 菜店查某 (Min Nan) 豆菜底的 (Min Nan) 貓仔／猫仔 (māozǎi) (Min Nan) 趁食查某 (Min Nan) 鳳姐／凤姐 (fèngjiě) (Cantonese)

See also

• 妓男 (jìnán)
• 伎女 (jìnǚ)
• 男妓 (nánjì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
妓	女
ぎ Hyōgaiji	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 伎女

Etymology

/gidyo/ → /gizyo/ [gidʑo].

Noun

妓女 (hiragana ぎじょ, rōmaji gijo, historical hiragana ぎぢょ)

1. a female prostitute

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:娼婦