童女
Chinese
boy; child; children | female; woman; daughter | ||
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trad. (童女) | 童 | 女 | |
simp. #(童女) | 童 | 女 | |
anagram | 女童 |
Pronunciation
Noun
童女
- girl (female child)
- female virgin
- 聰明童女,愚拙童女 [MSC, trad.]
- cōngmíng tóngnǚ, yúzhuō tóngnǚ [Pinyin]
- wise virgins, foolish virgins
聪明童女,愚拙童女 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 處女 (“female virgin; maiden”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 處女, 處子 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 處女, 黃花閨女, 童貞女, 童女 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 黃花女兒 |
Taiwan | 處女 | |
Harbin | 黃花兒閨女, 黃花閨女 | |
Wuhan | 黃花幼女 | |
Singapore | 處女 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 處女 |
Gan | Nanchang | 黃花閨女 |
Pingxiang | 黃花女 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 在室女 |
Quanzhou | 在室女 | |
Zhangzhou | 在室女, 儂厝查某仔 | |
Tainan | 在室女 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 在室女 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 在室女 | |
Longyan | 在室女 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 黃花閨女 |
Suzhou | 黃花閨女 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 紅花女, 紅花姑娘, 紅花妹子 |
Loudi | 黃花女 |
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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童 | 女 |
どう Grade: 3 | にょ Grade: 1 |
kan’yōon | goon |
Kanji in this term | |
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童 | 女 |
どう Grade: 3 | じょ Grade: 1 |
kan’yōon | kan’on |
Chinese 童女
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) どーじょ [dóꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA(key): [do̞ːʑo̞]
- IPA(key): [do̞ːɲ̟o̞]
Noun
童女 • (dōjo) ←どうぢょ (doudyo)?
童女 • (dōnyo)
- (uncommon) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)
- Hypernym: 童子 (dōjo)
- Antonym: 童男 (dōnan)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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童 | 女 |
わらわ Grade: 3 | め Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
童 (“child”) + 女 (“female”)
Noun
童女 • (warawame) ←わらはめ (warafame)?
- (archaic) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)