嫁女

嫁女

Chinese

		marry (a husband)	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (嫁女)		嫁	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ neoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiànǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiahneu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa³ neoi⁵
    • Yale: ga néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³ nêu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /käː³³ nɵy̯¹³/

Verb

嫁女

1. to marry off a daughter

Synonyms

• 打發／打发 (dǎfa)

Derived terms

嫁女餅／嫁女饼 (jiànǚbǐng)