小女

小女

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	female; woman; daughter
trad. (小女)		小	女
simp. #(小女)		小	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎonǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² neoi^5-2
• Min Nan (POJ): siáu-lú / siáu-lí / sió-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎonǚ [Phonetic: xiáonǚ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎonyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-nü³
    • Yale: syǎu-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauneu
    • Palladius: сяонюй (sjaonjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² neoi^5-2
    • Yale: síu néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-lú
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siawluo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɕiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-lí
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siawlie
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-lí
    • Tâi-lô: sió-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioylie
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li⁴¹/

Noun

小女

1. (humble, polite) my daughter
2. (literary) youngest daughter
3. (literary) young daughter
4. (archaic) Term of self-address for a daughter in front of her parents.

Synonyms

• (youngest daughter): 老姑娘 (lǎogūniang), 小女兒／小女儿 (xiǎonǚ'ér), 老閨女／老闺女 (lǎoguīnü), 幼女 (yòunǚ), 幺女 (yāonǚ); (literary) 小女 (xiǎonǚ); (Sichuan) 幺女兒／幺女儿; (Cantonese) 孻女／𡥧女