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  neoi5 neoi2   jyutping
  nv3   pinyin
[1] woman; female; lady
[2] daughter; girl

Jyutping neoi5 is literary reading; neoi2 is colloquial.
Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: adjective
Stroke count: 3
Level: 1
Radical: (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 34281 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Jun 2013 15:13

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detail  zung6 syun1 neoi5  zhong4 sun1 nv3 = great granddaughter; see also 曾孫女
detail  neoi5 jan4*2  nv3 ren2 = woman; girl
detail  neoi5 pang4 jau5  nv3 peng2 you3 = girlfriend
detail  neoi5 zai2   = girl
detail  siu3 neoi5  shao4 nv3 = a young woman; a girl; a young lady
detail  neoi5 zi2  nv3 zi3 = [1] woman; [2] female
detail  neoi5 gung1  nv3 gong1 = a working woman, working-class girl
detail  neoi5 haai4  nv3 hai2 = girl; lass
detail  neoi5 ji4  nv3 er2 = daughter
detail  sin1 neoi5*2  xian1 nv3 = fairy; female celestial
detail  neoi5 sing3  nv3 xing4 = female sex
detail  neoi5 sik1   = womanly charms
detail  neoi5 wong4  nv3 huang2 = empress
detail  syun1 neoi5*2  sun1 nv3 = granddaughter
detail  zi2 neoi5  zi3 nu3 = sons and daughters; children
detail  zai2 neoi5*2   = sons and daughters; children
detail  neoi5 si6  nv3 shi4 = lady; madam; Ms
detail  hau6 saang1 neoi5*2   = young girl
detail 𥄫  gap6 neoi5*2   = peeping/watching girls
detail  fu5 neoi5  fu4 nv3 = woman; women
detail  neoi5 saang1   = schoolgirl
detail  ji4 neoi5*2  er2 nv3 = son(s) and daughter(s); children
detail  mei5 neoi5  mei3 nv3 = a beautiful woman, a beauty, a belle, a looker
detail  lek1 neoi5*2   = a clever girl, a clever young woman; a lesbian
detail  jiu2 neoi2  yao1 nv3 = seductive girl; siren
detail  neoi5 zyu2 gok3  nv3 zhu3 jue2 = leading actress; leading lady
detail  neoi5 jau5  nv3 you3 = girlfriend
detail  neoi5 mou6*2  nv3 mao4 = a woman's hat; millinery
detail  siu3 naam4 siu3 neoi5*2  shao4​ nan2 ​shao4 ​nv3 = boys and girls
detail  naam4 neoi5 ping4 dang2  nan2 nv3 ping2 deng3 = sexual equality; the equality of men and women
detail  cyu2 neoi5*2  chu3 nv3 = virgin (female); maiden
detail  sing2 muk6 neoi5*2  xing3 mu4 nv3 = clever child (female)
detail 調  daai6 daam2 kong4 tou4, gwong1 tin1 faa3 jat6 zi1 haa6, ging2 gam2 tiu4 hei3 loeng4 gaa1 fu5 neoi5   = in broad daylight, flirt with a woman from a good home
detail  neoi5 kyun4   = women's rights
detail  neoi5 kyun4 zyu2 ji6   = feminism
detail  leng3/3*1 neoi5*2  liang4 nv3 = pretty girl; little girl
detail  sai3 lou6 neoi5*2   = girl
detail  neoi5 tung4 gwan1  nv3 tong2 jun1 = girl guides; girl scouts
detail  neoi5 jan4*2 mei6  nv3 ren2 wei4 = feminine, femininity
detail  zat6 neoi5*2  zhi2 nv3 = brother's daughter; niece
detail  zat6 neoi5*2  zhi2 nv3 = brother's daughter; niece
detail 婿  neoi5 sai3  nv3 xu5 = son-in-law
detail  gei6 neoi5  ji4 nv3 = prostitute, hooker, harlot, whore
detail  naam4 neoi5  nan2 nv3 = male-female
detail  ngoi6 syun1 neoi5*2  wai4 sun1 nv3 = daughter's daughter, granddaughter
detail  ngoi6 sang1 neoi5*2  wai4 sheng5 nu3 = sister's daughter (niece)
detail  fu5 neoi5 tyun4 tai2   = sisterhood
detail  gwai1 neoi5  gui1 nv3 = maiden
detail  neoi5 si6 noi6 ji1  nv3 shi4 nei4 yi1 = lingerie
detail  neoi5 zong1   = ladies clothes
detail  kau1 neoi5*2   = pick up a girl
detail  cyu2 neoi5 sing1 zo6   = Virgo
detail  neoi5 tung4   = girl
detail  sin6 naam4 seon3 neoi5   = devotees to Buddha; devout men and women
detail  neoi5 gaai3   = (toilet for) the ladies
detail  gwaai1 neoi5*2   = daughter; a good/well-behaved/quiet girl
detail  neoi5 jau1  nv3 you1 = an actress
detail  kai3 neoi5*2   = god-daughter; an adoptive daughter
detail  gau2 neoi5*1   = terrier
detail  juk6 neoi5/5*2  yu4 nv3 = a well-mannered girl; fairy damsel in land of immortals
detail  je5 neoi5*2   = "wild" girl; illegitimate child (derog.)
detail  wong4 faa1 neoi5*2   = an old spinster
detail  neoi5 ce1 ji1  nv3 che1 yi1 = seamstress
detail  neoi5 jan4*2 gaai1   = lady's market
detail  neoi5 wan6 dung6 jyun4  nv3 yun4 dong4 yuan2 = female athlete, sportswoman
detail  neoi5 hok6 saang1   = a girl student, co-ed, schoolgirl
detail BB  bi1*4 bi1 neoi5*2   = a baby girl
detail  fei1 neoi5*2   = a juvenile delinquent (female), a rogue, a hooligan
detail  laai1 neoi5   = the youngest daughter
detail  neoi5 san4 gap3  nv3 shen2 ge2 = geoduck clam
detail  kau1 neoi5*2   = pick up chicks
detail  zat6 syun1 neoi5*2  zhi2 sun1 nv3 = grand niece
detail  sau1 neoi5*2  xiu1 nv3 = nun
detail  ngoi6 syun1 neoi5*2 ji4  wai4 sun1 nv3 er2 = granddaughter (daughter of one's daughter)
detail 婿  ngoi6 sang1 neoi5*2 sai3  wai4 sheng5 nv3 xu5 = sister's daughter's husband
detail  zang1 syun1 neoi5*2  zeng1 sun1 nv3 = great granddaughter; see also 重孫女
detail  jau3 neoi5*2  you2 nv3 = young girl
detail  neoi5 gou1 jam1  nv3 gao1 yin1 = soprano
detail  neoi5 zong1 coi4 fung4*2 si1  nv3 zhuang1 cai2 feng5 shi1 = dressmaker
detail  neoi5 jing1 hung4  nv3 ying1 xiong2 = heroine
detail  neoi5 se3 gaam1  nv3 she4 jian1 = matron (lit., "female supervisor")
detail  neoi5 gai3 sing4 jan4  nv3 ji4 cheng2 ren2 = inheritress
detail  neoi5 gun2 gaa1  nv3 guan3 jia1 = housekeeper
detail  neoi5 san4  nv3 shen2 = goddess; nymph
detail  neoi5 jung6 noi6 ji1  nv3 yong4 nei4 yi1 = chemise
detail  neoi5 wong4  nv3 wang2 = queen
detail  neoi5 jin2 jyun4  nv3 yan3 yuan2 = actress
detail  neoi5 fuk6 mou4 jyun4  nv3 fu2 wu4 yuan2 = air hostess, stewardess, waitress
detail  neoi5 on3 mo1 si1  nv3 an4 mo2 shi1 = masseuse
detail  neoi5 fong4 dung1  nv3 fang2 dong1 = landlady
detail  neoi5 haai4 ji4  nv3 hair2 = daughter
detail  neoi5 sau1 dou6 jyun2  nv3 xiu1 dao4 yuan4 = convent
detail  neoi5 zyu2 jan4  nv3 zhu3 ren2 = hostess; mistress
detail  syun1 neoi5*2 ji4  sun1 nv3 er2 = granddaughter (daughter of one's son)
detail  ji4 sang1 naam4 neoi5  yi2 sheng5 nan2 nv3 = wife's sister's children
detail  jing1 neoi5 wong4   = Queen Elizabeth
detail  fu5 neoi5 zou2 zik1   = women’s organization, women's groups
detail  neoi5 sing3 zyu2 ji6  nv3 xing4 zhu3 yi4 = feminism
detail  mei6 fan1 neoi5 zi2   = spinster, unmarried woman, an old maid
detail  neoi5 syu1  nv3 shu1 = Nushu, a private writing system in Henan devised by women for women only
detail  neoi5 ci3  nv3 ce4 = the Ladies' bathroom
detail  go1 neoi5*2   = singsong girls
detail  mou5 neoi5*2  wu3 nv3 = dancing girls; dance hostess
detail  baa1 neoi5*2   = a bar girl
detail  duk6 neoi5*2  du2 nv3 = the only daughter (in a one-child family)
detail  duk6 saang1 neoi5*2  du2 sheng1 nv3 = the only daughter (in a one-child family)
detail  mei5 neoi5 hoi2 bou3   = beautiful woman poster, pinup gal poster
detail  neoi5 sing3 noi6 ji1 dim3  nv3 xing4 nei4 yi1 dian4 = (women's) underwear and lingerie shop
detail  neoi5 dai1 jam1  nv3 di1 yin1 = alto
detail  jan3 dai6 on1 neoi5 jan4*2  yin4 di4 an1 nv3 ren2 = an American Indian woman
detail  sai3 gaai3 neoi5*2   = [n] woman of the world
detail  se5 neoi5*2   = [n] a call girl; a prostitute
detail  se5 neoi5*2 daai6 bun2 jing4  she4 nv3 da4 ben3 ying2 = [n] brothel, prostitute HQ,
detail  san4 neoi5*2   = a prostitute (lit., "fairy girl", "damaged girl")
detail  seoi1 neoi5*2   = expresses irritation towards a girl
detail  taam1 neoi5 sik1   = [v] to be given to sexual indulgence
detail  tyut3 ji1 mou5 neoi5  tuo1 yi1 wu3 nv3 = striptease dancer
detail  joeng5 zai2 neoi5*2   = [v] to bring up or bear one's children
detail  joeng5 neoi5*2   = [n] adopted child; foster daughter
detail  joeng5 ji4 neoi5*2   = [v] to bring up or bear one's children
detail  neoi5 tung4 jyun6*2   = reform school for girls
detail  naam4 zyun1 neoi5 bei1  nan2 zun1 nv3 bei1 = "men are superior to women"
detail  saam1 go3 neoi5 jan4 jat1 go3 heoi1   = 3 women noisy like a market
detail  neoi5 ci3 so2  nv3 ce4 suo3 = women's lavatory, women's toilet; ladies' room
detail  neoi5 haai4 zi2  nv3 hai2 zi5 = girl; sissy
detail  aa2 neoi5*2   = a mute girl or daughter
detail  aa3 neoi5*2   = play name for parents to a young daughter
detail  bai1 goek3 neoi5*2   = a lame (girl)
detail  ceng1 tau4 neoi5*2   = an unmarried young woman
detail  gwaai1 gwaai1 neoi5   = cute, darling girl; daughter
detail  fei1 zai2 fei1 neoi5*2   = vagrant, vagabond; rogue; hoodlum; hooligan; gangster
detail  maa1 neoi5*2   = twins (girl)
detail  gwat1 neoi5*2   = a woman who works in a massage parlor
detail  gu2 waak6 neoi5*2   = a female gang member
detail  neoi5 koeng4 jan4   = career-minded woman (lit. super-woman)
detail  neoi5 mou4 si1   = witch
detail  naam4 jan4*2 sei3 sap6 jat1 zi1 faa1, neoi5 jan4*2 sei3 sap3 laan6 caa4 zaa1   = men at age 40 blossom like flowers, women at age 40 are nothing but used tea leaves
detail  hau6 saang1 zai2 neoi5*2   = youngsters (male and female)
detail  jau4 peng4*2 neoi5*2   = a stepdaughter
detail  jau4 zi1 neoi5*2   = young hooligans (female)
detail  cyun2 neoi5*2   = a young female hooligan
detail  seoi1 neoi5*2 baau1   = an insult for women along the lines of "bitch" or "cow"
detail  zeoi1 neoi5 zai2   = to pick up girls
detail  neoi5 jung4  nv3 yong1 = (female) maid, domestic worker, helper
detail  coi4 neoi5*2  cai2 nv3 = talented female; a gifted female scholar
detail  zoeng2 neoi5*2   = eldest daughter
detail B  dai1 bi1 neoi5*2   = retarded girl
detail  saam1 baat3 fu5 neoi5 zit3  san1 ba1 fu4 nv3 jie2 = international working women's day
detail  suk6 neoi5   = a fair maiden; a lady
detail  neoi5 ban1 soeng3  nv3 bin4 xiang1 = bridesmaid
detail 使  neoi5 daai6 si3  nv3 da4 shi3 = ambassadress
detail  neoi5 gaa1 zoeng2  nv3 jia1 chang2 = matriarch
detail 宿  neoi5 saang1 suk1 se3   = a female student dormitory ("quail-roost")
detail  neoi5 ce1 zoeng2  nv3 che1 chang2 = conductress
detail  miu6 ling4 siu3 neoi5  miao4 ling2 shao4 nv3 = rosebud; subdeb; subdebutante (lit., "nubile maiden")
detail  saang1 ji4 juk6 neoi5  sheng1 er2 yu4 nv3 = to bear and raise children
detail  lou5 cyu3 neoi5  lao3 chu3 nv3 = old maid; spinster
detail  zung6 naam4 heng1 neoi5  zhong4 nan2 qing1 nv3 = value men above women
detail  tiu4 neoi5*2   = a girl, young woman, girlfriend
detail  neoi5 ngok6   = abbreviation for Twelve Girls Band
detail  gaai3 neoi5*2   = to pick up chicks
detail  jing4 naam4 sok3 neoi5*2   = charming boys and girls; fashionable guys and gals
detail  sok3 neoi5*2   = sexy girl; [國] 辣妹
detail  zo2 gaai1 neoi5 long4   = prostitute
detail  gaai1 tau4 neoi5 long4   = a streetwalker, a prostitute
detail  jing3 ziu6 neoi5 long4   = a call girl
detail  neoi5 long4  nv3 lang2 = young woman; maiden; girl
detail  jing3 ziu6 neoi5 long4 daai6 bun2 jing4   = an escort agency (lit., "call girl headquarters")
detail  wong4 faa1 gwai1 neoi5*2  huang2 hua1 gui1 nv3 = an untouched virgin
detail  zi6 so1 neoi5*2   = a spinster, a lifelong celibate woman
detail  wan1 neoi5*2   = to spend a considerable amount of time with a girlfriend
detail  ng5 naam4 ji6 neoi5  wu3 nan2 er4 nv3 = with many offspring - an indicator of good fortune
detail  neoi5*4 neoi5*2   = unmarried girls; daughter
detail  sei2 neoi5*2 baau1   = (abusive term for a) bad girl
detail  gong2 neoi5*2   = Hong Kong females; an Internet pejorative for Hong Kong females
detail  gu1 naam4 gwaa2 neoi5  gu1 nan2 gua3 nv3 = a male and a female together alone
detail  kau1 neoi5*2   = pick up chicks
detail  ling6*3 neoi5*2   = pretty girl; beautiful lady
detail  naam4 neoi5 jau5 bit6  nan2 nv3 you3 bie2 = males and females should be treated differently
detail  ji4 sang1 neoi5*2   = maternal aunt's niece
detail  naam4 neoi5 lou5 jau3  nan2 nv3 lao3 you4 = everybody
detail  jim3 neoi5*2 zing3  yan4 nv3 zheng4 = misogyny
detail  neoi5 ging2  nv3 jing3 = a police-woman
detail  zai2 sai3 neoi5*2 nyun6   = young children
detail  lou5 neoi5*2   = an unmarried lady of over 38 years old
detail  neoi5 jing1 hou4  nv3 ying1 hao2 = female hero, amazon
detail  neoi5 zung1 jam1  nv3 zhong1 yin1 = mezzo-soprano
detail  maai6 ji4 juk6 neoi5  mai4 er2 yu4 nv3 = sell one's children
detail  nung4 gaa1 neoi5*2  nong2 jia1 nv3 = peasant girl
detail  zaak6 neoi5*2  zhai2 nv3 = female who stay home a lot; loner
detail  zung1 neoi5*2   = female who is between 18 and 28 years old
detail  joeng5 ji4 juk6 neoi5  yang3 er2 yu4 nv3 = to raise children; to bring up children
detail  neoi5 wai6 jyut6 gei2 ze2 jung4  nv3 wei4 yue4 ji3 zhe3 rong2 = women get put on make-up for those whom they like; a girl will doll herself up for the one she loves
detail  suk6 neoi5*2   = female who is between 29 and 38 years old
detail  leong5 naam4 jat1 neoi5 dak1 go3 nau1 zi6  liang3 nan2 yi1 nv3 de2 ge4 niao3 zi4 = two guys and one girl means trouble (anger)
detail  sing6 neoi5*2  sheng4 nv3 = old spinster
detail  jat6 bun2 neoi5 jau1  ri4 ben3 nv3 you1 = Japanese actress
detail  neoi5 wong4 lou5 ng5  nv3 wang2 lao3 wu3 = a single woman (lit., "female bachelor")
detail  sing6 neoi5*2  sheng4 nv3 = bachelorette
detail  cau1 sau1 neoi5  qiu1 shou1 nv3 = woman who seeks/marries a much older man for his wealth
detail  naam4 fun1 neoi5 oi3  nan2 huan1 nv3 ai4 = 1.love relationship between a man and a woman (usually of sexual nature)
detail  neoi5 wai4 gan1  nv3 wei2 jin1 = stole
detail  neoi5 buk6  nv3 pu2 = maidservant
detail  faa1 neoi2  hua1 nv3 = flower girl
detail  cyu2 neoi5*2 zo6  chu3 nv3 zuo4 = Virgo
detail  cyu2 neoi5*2 mok6*2  chu3 nv3 mo2 = hymen
detail  lit6 neoi5   = heroine, female martyr
detail  neoi5 zi2 sap6 ji6 ngok6 fong1   = Twelve Girls Band
detail  to1 naam4 daai3 neoi5   = all the world and his wife
detail  loeng5 naam4 gaap3 neoi5   = a "Chicken Sandwich"; a menage a trois
detail  sin1 neoi5*2 zo6  xian1 nv3 zuo4 = Andromeda; Virgo
detail  sek6 neoi5*2   = [1] a woman physically incapable of sexual intercourse; [2] a sexually "frigid" girl
detail  nik6 saat3 neoi5 jing1   = female infanticide (lit., "kill a baby girl by drowning")
detail  gwok3 zai3 tai4 gou1 fu5 neoi5 dei6 wai6 jin4 gau3 so2  guo2 ji4 ti2 gao1 fu4 nv3 di4 wei4 yan2 jiu4/1 (Taiwan/PRC) suo3 = International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
detail  maau1 neoi5*2 ngok6 deoi6*2  mao1 nv3 yue4 dui4 = Josie and the Pussycats
detail  maau1 neoi5*2  mao1 nv3 = Catwoman
detail  wai4 naap6 si1 neoi5 san4   = Venus or Aphrodite, the goddess of love
detail  wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 neoi5 wong4   = Queen Victoria
detail  tin1 jau6 neoi5 wong4   = God Save the Queen
detail  naam4 neoi5 jat6 gwong1 juk6   = a tailless pun for "total failure"
detail  lou1 neoi2   = ill-famed woman; street walker
detail  ngau4 long4 zik1 neoi5*2  niu2​ lang2 ​zhi1​ nv3​ = separated lovers
detail  gon1 mat6 neoi5*2  gan1 wu4 nv3 = unmarried woman resigned to live on her own
detail  neoi5 zan1  nv3 zhen1 = Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group
detail  neoi5 bat6  nv3 ba2 = DGS; diocesan girls' school
detail  juk6 ji4 maai6 neoi5  yu4 er2 mai4 nv3 = sell one's children
detail  hung2 zoek3 neoi5*2  kong3 que4 nv3 = peacock woman
detail  mut6 neoi2  mei2 nv3 = nowhere girl
detail  neoi5 buk6 gaa3 fe1 teng1  nv3 pu2 ka1 fei1 ting1 = maid cafe / café
detail  fu5 neoi5 si6 mou6 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2   = Women's Commission
detail  lyun4 hap6 gwok3 fu5 neoi5 dei6 wai6 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2   = United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

Showing 10 of 24 examples containing 女
detail audio 嗰個女仔可愛
That girl is so cute.
detail audio 女朋友
Have you seen his girlfriend before?
detail 其實老公仲有
Actually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot!
[呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.]
detail 點呀?女朋友嗌交?
What's the matter? Bickering with your girlfriend again?
detail 近排時間照顧仔女
I'm too busy these days to have time to take care of my children.
[The English phrase "too busy to have time" becomes "too busy and have no time" in Cantonese.]
detail audio 今日女朋友掟煲
I broke up with my girlfriend today.
detail audio 現代女裝恤衫露出乳溝露出肚臍都係已經成為常態
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.
detail audio 點解女朋友靚仔!
Why doesn't he have a girlfriend? Because he's not handsome, of course!
detail audio 梗係女仔!
He's so ugly, of course he can't get a girl(friend)!
detail 阿媽女朋友投契
My mom and girlfriend are having such a kindred conversation.
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