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[1] woman; female; lady [2] daughter; girl Jyutping neoi5 is literary reading; neoi2 is colloquial.
Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 3
Level: 1
Radical: 女 (#38)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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重孫女 zung6 syun1 neoi5 = great granddaughter; see also 曾孫女 女人 neoi5 jan4*2 = woman; girl 女朋友 neoi5 pang4 jau5 = girlfriend 女仔 neoi5 zai2 = girl 粵 少女 siu3 neoi5 = a young woman; a girl; a young lady 女子 neoi5 zi2 = [1] woman; [2] female 女工 neoi5 gung1 = a working woman, working-class girl 女孩 neoi5 haai4 = girl; lass 國 女兒 neoi5 ji4 = daughter 國 仙女 sin1 neoi5*2 = fairy; female celestial See all 231 compounds (CantoDict reports 239 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 24 examples containing 女
其實呢,我有老公㗎…仲有個女添 粵
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.]
我近排好忙﹐冇時間照顧仔女。 粵
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.]
現代嘅女裝恤衫,露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍,都係已經成為常態咗。 粵
Show all 24 examplesToday, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel. Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |