女 (neoi5 neoi2 | nv3) : woman; daughter

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女

neoi5 neoi2

nv3

[1] woman; female; lady
[2] daughter; girl

Jyutping neoi5 is literary reading; neoi2 is colloquial.

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Stroke count: 3

Level: 1

Radical: 女 (#38)

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

女

This word has been viewed 34283 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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重孫女 zung6 syun1 neoi5 zhong4 sun1 nv3 = great granddaughter; see also 曾孫女

女人 neoi5 jan4*2 nv3 ren2 = woman; girl

女朋友 neoi5 pang4 jau5 nv3 peng2 you3 = girlfriend

女仔 neoi5 zai2 = girl 粵

少女 siu3 neoi5 shao4 nv3 = a young woman; a girl; a young lady

女子 neoi5 zi2 nv3 zi3 = [1] woman; [2] female

女工 neoi5 gung1 nv3 gong1 = a working woman, working-class girl

女孩 neoi5 haai4 nv3 hai2 = girl; lass 國

女兒 neoi5 ji4 nv3 er2 = daughter 國

仙女 sin1 neoi5*2 xian1 nv3 = fairy; female celestial
See all 231 compounds (CantoDict reports 239 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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嗰個女仔好可愛。粵
That girl is so cute.

你見過佢個女朋友未呀？粵
Have you seen his girlfriend before?

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.]

點呀?又同女朋友嗌交咧? 粵
What's the matter? Bickering with your girlfriend again?

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.]

今日我同我女朋友掟煲粵
I broke up with my girlfriend today.

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
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.

點解佢冇女朋友？生得唔靚仔囉! 粵
Why doesn't he have a girlfriend? Because he's not handsome, of course!

佢咁醜，梗係追唔到女仔啦! 粵
He's so ugly, of course he can't get a girl(friend)!

阿媽同我女朋友傾到好投契粵
My mom and girlfriend are having such a kindred conversation.

你條女發嬲啦，仲唔快啲箍煲粵
Your girl is throwing tantrums. Quickly go appease her.

九大簋加上美女就真係錦上添花啦粵
Having this feast with such beauties is indeed beyond perfection.

佢女朋友嘅腳好嫋粵
His girlfriend's legs are so slender.

佢要嫁畀唐叔嘅仔你又唔肯，唔通要個女將來攝灶罅咩？粵
You disallow her despite her wanting to marry Ah Tong's son; don't tell me you want her to end up a spinster?

教仔女要慢慢講道理，開硬弓唔得㗎。粵
To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work.

董先生偷拍女朋友的十來歲的女兒洗澡國
Mr. Dong is taking pictures of his girlfriend's teenage daughter bathing without her knowledge.

人哋重係黃花閨女㗎！粵
She's still an untouched virgin girl!
[The audio has 閨 mispronounced as gwai3 (instead of gwai1).]

靚女話要同你睇戲，你梗係𦧲飯應啦粵
A pretty girl is willing to catch a movie with you. Surely that is something you wished for.

靚女一上車，小巴上嘅麻甩仔都打雀噉眼望住佢粵
The sleazy guys on the minibus were gawking at the pretty girl the moment she boards

女仔小心啲唔好輕信男人講嘢就OK嘞粵
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say.

佢果然係個女中豪傑！粵
She is indeed a heroine!

因為走投無路而被逼賣兒鬻女
Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.

琴晚佢飲到好醉，跟住鹹鹹濕濕噉搓我女朋友對波。粵
Last night he got really drunk and then lecherously fondled my girlfriend's breasts.
[Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]

處女座同雙子座襯唔襯㗎？
Virgo and Gemini are a match right?

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