玉女

Chinese

		jade	female; woman; daughter
trad. (玉女)		玉	女
simp. ^#(玉女)		玉	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ neoi⁵, juk⁶ neoi^5-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-nü³
  - Yale: yù-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhneu
  - Palladius: юйнюй (jujnjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    慾女／欲女
    玉女
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ neoi⁵, juk⁶ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: yuhk néuih, yuhk néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ noey⁵, juk⁹ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ nêu⁵, yug⁶ nêu^5-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/, /jʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú
  - Tâi-lô: gio̍k-lí / gio̍k-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gioglie, giogluo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/, /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² li⁵⁵⁴/, /ɡiɔk̚²⁴⁻² lu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ li⁵³/, /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³/, /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/, /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁴¹/

Noun

玉女

(literary) beautiful girl
(literary) fairy; nymph; sprite
(literary, honorific) your (beautiful) daughter
Alternative name for 菟絲／菟丝 (tùsī).

Proper noun

玉女

Elizabeth Taylor

Derived terms

玄妙玉女
玉女峰
玉女扉
玉女投壺／玉女投壶
玉女披衣
玉女擣練碪／玉女捣练砧
玉女沙
玉女洗頭盆／玉女洗头盆
玉女登梯
玉女盆
玉女砧
玉女窗
玉女臺／玉女台
玉女金童
金童玉女 (jīntóngyùnǚ)

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