煙花女

Chinese

		flowers in smoke; gorgeous spring scene	female; woman; daughter
trad. (煙花女)		煙花	女
simp. (烟花女)		烟花	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yānhuānǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ faa¹ neoi⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ian-hoa-lú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yānhuānǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yanhuanyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: yen¹-hua¹-nü³
  - Yale: yān-hwā-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhuaneu
  - Palladius: яньхуанюй (janʹxuanjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin¹ faa¹ neoi⁵
  - Yale: yīn fā néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ faa¹ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ fa¹ nêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-hoa-lú
  - Tâi-lô: ian-hua-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ienhoaluo
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁴¹/

Noun

煙花女

female prostitute (especially in Yuan theater)

Synonyms

先生 (xiānshēng) (archaic)
大先生 (Wu, dated)
妓女 (jìnǚ)
娼妓 (chāngjì)
媌 (miáo)
小先生 (⁵shiau-shi-san) (Wu, dated)
幺二 (¹iau-gni) (Wu, dated, inferior)
神女 (shénnǚ) (euphemistic)
站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ) (euphemistic)

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