剩女

Chinese

FWOTD – 2 July 2016

		have as remainder	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (剩女)		剩	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁶ neoi^5-2
Wu (Wiktionary): zan nyy (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shèngnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqneu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁶ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: sihng néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁶ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁶ nêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²² nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: zan nyy (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /z̻ã²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Noun

剩女

(neologism, derogatory) "leftover woman"; old spinster; old unmarried woman
大齡剩女 / 大龄剩女 ― dàlíng shèngnǚ ― single woman past the usual age for marriage

我不想成為剩女！ / 我不想成为剩女！ ― Wǒ bùxiǎng chéngwéi shèngnǚ! ― I don't want to be a woman left on the shelf!

Usage notes

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:剩女.

Descendants

English: sheng nu

See also

剩男 (shèngnán)

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