幼女

Chinese

		young	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (幼女)		幼	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòunǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau³ neoi^5-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yòunǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yowneu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòunyǔ
  - IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau³ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: yau néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau³ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo³ nêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

幼女

little girl; young girl
youngest daughter

Synonyms

(youngest daughter): 小女兒／小女儿 (xiǎonǚ'ér), 老閨女／老闺女 (lǎoguīnü), 老姑娘 (lǎogūniang); (Cantonese) 孻女／𡥧女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幼	女
よう Grade: 6	じょ Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

*/ɨeu dʲɨo/ → /jeudio/ → /joːd͡zo/

From Middle Chinese compound 幼女 (MC ʔiɪu^H ɳɨʌ^X, literally “young child + woman”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) よーじょ [yóꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [jo̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

幼女 (hiragana ようじょ, rōmaji yōjo, historical hiragana えうぢよ)

a little girl, young girl

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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