幼女

幼女

Chinese

		young	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (幼女)		幼	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòunǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau³ neoi^5-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yòunǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yowneu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòunyǔ
    • IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau³ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: yau néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau³ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo³ nêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

幼女

1. little girl; young girl
2. youngest daughter

Synonyms

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
幼	女
よう Grade: 6	じょ Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

*/ɨeu dʲɨo/ → /jeudio/ → /joːd͡zo/

From Middle Chinese compound 幼女 (MC ʔiɪu^H ɳɨʌ^X, literally “young child + woman”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) よ​ーじょ [yóꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [jo̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

幼女 (hiragana ようじょ, rōmaji yōjo, historical hiragana えうぢよ)

1. a little girl, young girl

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN