幺女

Chinese

		tiny; youngest; one tiny; youngest; one; ace	female; woman; daughter
trad. (幺女/么女)		幺/么	女
simp. (幺女)		幺	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yāonǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄋㄩˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yao¹ nyü³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāonǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaonyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-nü³
    • Yale: yāu-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauneu
    • Palladius: яонюй (jaonjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yao¹ nyü³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iaony
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau⁵⁵ nʲy⁵³/

Noun

幺女

1. youngest daughter

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小女兒 (“youngest daughter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		小女
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小女兒, 幼女
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	老丫兒, 小老丫兒, 小老丫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	老生閨女
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	老閨女
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	幺女兒, 幺女
	Wuhan	幺姑娘
	Guiyang	幺姑娘, 幺女
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	老姑娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孻女, 細女
	Hong Kong	孻女, 細女
	Dongguan	細女, 孻女
Gan	Pingxiang	滿女, 滿妹仔
Hakka	Meixian	滿妹, 滿女
	Xingning	滿女
	Huidong (Daling)	滿女
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	滿女
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	滿女
	Changting	滿女
	Wuping	滿女子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	滿女
	Liancheng	尾女
	Ninghua	尾女
	Ruijin	滿女, 滿姑女
	Shicheng	滿女
	Shangyou (Shexi)	滿女
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	滿妹, 滿女
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	滿妹, 滿女
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	滿妹, 滿女
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	滿妹, 滿女
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	滿妹, 滿女
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	滿女
Huizhou	Jixi	細女
Southern Min	Shantou	尾走囝
	Haikou	細查某囝, 孧查某囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細女, 晚女
Wu	Ningbo	小囡
Xiang	Hengyang	滿女, 滿嬌子