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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 34219 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
See all 231 compounds (CantoDict reports 239 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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