宮女

宮女

See also: 宫女

Chinese

		palace; uterus	female; woman; daughter
trad. (宮女)		宮	女
simp. (宫女)		宫	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ neoi^5-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûng-ńg

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gōngnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongneu
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: gōngnǚr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄋㄩˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongneuel
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ nyəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: gūng néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ nêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung´ ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ ng³
    • IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴ ŋ̍³¹/

Noun

宮女

1. (historical) lady-in-waiting within the palace; palace maid

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宮女):

• → Japanese: 宮 (きゅう)女 (じょ) (kyūjo)
• → Korean: 궁녀 (宮女, gungnyeo)
• → Vietnamese: cung nữ (宮女)