舞妓

Chinese

		to dance; to wield; to brandish	prostitute
simp. and trad. (舞妓)		舞	妓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔjì

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ gei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǔjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuujih
  - IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ gei⁶
  - Yale: móuh geih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ gei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ géi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ kei̯²²/

Noun

舞妓

maiko (apprentice geisha)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
舞	妓
まい Grade: S	Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi	Irregular

Compound of 舞 (mai, “dancing”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).

Alternative forms

舞子

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) まいこ [màíkó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ma̠iko̞]

Noun

舞妓 (hiragana まいこ, rōmaji maiko, historical hiragana まひこ)

dancing girl, particularly a maiko

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
舞	妓
ぶ Grade: S	ぎ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ぶぎ [búꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɡʲi]

Noun

舞妓 (hiragana ぶぎ, rōmaji bugi)

female dancer

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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