金童玉女

金童玉女

Chinese

			beautiful girl; fairy; nymph beautiful girl; fairy; nymph; sprite
simp. and trad. (金童玉女)		金童	玉女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīntóngyùnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ tung⁴ juk⁶ neoi⁵, gam¹ tung⁴ juk⁶ neoi^5-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-thùng-ngiu̍k-ńg

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīntóngyùnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jintorngyiwneu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵ y⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ tung⁴ juk⁶ neoi⁵, gam¹ tung⁴ juk⁶ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: gām tùhng yuhk néuih, gām tùhng yuhk néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ tung⁴ juk⁹ noey⁵, gam¹ tung⁴ juk⁹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ tung⁴ yug⁶ nêu⁵, gem¹ tung⁴ yug⁶ nêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/, /kɐm⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-thùng-ngiu̍k-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ tungˇ ngiug ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ tung² ngiug⁶ ng³
    • IPA: /kim²⁴ tʰuŋ¹¹ ɲi̯uk̚⁵ ŋ̍³¹/

Idiom

金童玉女

1. (Taoism) child attendants of the immortals
2. (figuratively) innocent and lovely young children
3. (figuratively) talented and good-looking couple; lovely young couple