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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
女兒
- daughter
- 嫁女兒/嫁女儿 ― jià nǚ'ér ― to give a daughter in marriage; to try to marry off a daughter
您女兒芳齡幾何? [MSC, trad.]
您女儿芳龄几何? [MSC, simp.]- Nín nǚ'ér fānglíng jǐhé? [Pinyin]
- How old is your daughter? [honorific]
我那失散多年的女兒至今還無著落。 [MSC, trad.]
我那失散多年的女儿至今还无着落。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ nà shīsàn duōnián de nǚ'ér zhìjīn hái wú zhuóluò. [Pinyin]
- The whereabouts of the daughter I lost years ago are still unknown.
- woman
1986, “女儿情”:
悄悄问圣僧 女儿美不美 [MSC, simp.]
悄悄問聖僧 女兒美不美 [MSC, trad.]- Qiāoqiāo wèn shèngsēng, nǚ'ér měi bù měi [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- young woman; unmarried young woman
- (Wenzhounese) girl
Synonyms
- (daughter): (literary) 女子子 (nǚzǐzǐ)
Dialectal synonyms of
女兒 (“daughter”)
[map]
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Classical Chinese
|
女
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
女兒
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
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女兒, 女花兒, 閨女, 姑娘, 丫頭
|
Taiwan
|
女兒
|
Langfang
|
閨妮
|
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
女兒
|
Harbin
|
女兒, 姑娘, 閨女, 閨娘, 丫頭
|
Shenyang
|
姑娘, 丫頭
|
Malaysia
|
女兒
|
Singapore
|
女兒
|
Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
女兒, 閨女, 小棉襖 humorous
|
Tangshan
|
閨女
|
Cangzhou
|
閨女
|
Baoding
|
閨女
|
Shijiazhuang
|
閨女
|
Weifang (Weicheng)
|
閨女
|
Weifang (Fangzi)
|
閨女, 嫚兒
|
Changle
|
閨女兒
|
Shouguang
|
閨女
|
Wulian
|
閨女, 丫頭, 嫚兒, 識字班
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Jinan
|
閨女
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
閨娘, 閨娘子, 女兒
|
Qingdao
|
閨女
|
Weifang (Hanting)
|
閨女
|
Changyi
|
閨女, 嫚姑子
|
Gaomi
|
閨女, 嫚兒, 嫚兒姑子
|
Zhucheng
|
閨女
|
Anqiu
|
閨女
|
Linqu
|
閨女
|
Qingzhou
|
閨女
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Daming
|
妮兒
|
Wanrong
|
女子
|
Zhengzhou
|
閨女, 妞
|
Xi'an
|
女, 女兒
|
Xining
|
姑娘, 丫頭
|
Xuzhou
|
女兒, 閨女
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
女兒, 姑娘兒
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Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
女兒, 丫頭
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Bayanhot
|
丫頭
|
Lanzhou
|
女兒
|
Ürümqi
|
女兒, 丫頭
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
女兒, 女, 姑娘兒
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Wuhan
|
姑娘, 丫頭
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Guiyang
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姑娘, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 幺女, 幺姑娘, 小丫頭, 小姑娘
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Kunming
|
囡兒, 姑娘
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Guilin
|
女兒
|
Liuzhou
|
女, 丫頭
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Sanjiang (Danzhou)
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妹崽
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
女兒, 姑娘
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Yangzhou
|
女兒, 姑娘
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Nantong
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丫頭
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Hefei
|
女兒, 丫頭
|
Huanggang
|
女兒
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
女
|
Hong Kong
|
女, 女女, 阿女
|
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
女, 妹仔
|
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
女
|
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
阿女
|
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
阿女
|
Macau
|
女
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
女
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
女
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
女
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
女
|
Foshan
|
女
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
女
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
女
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
女
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
女
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
女
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
女
|
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
女
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
女
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
女
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
女
|
Taishan
|
女
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
女
|
Enping (Niujiang)
|
女
|
Heshan (Yayao)
|
女
|
Dongguan
|
女
|
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
女
|
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
阿女
|
Qingyuan
|
女
|
Fogang
|
女
|
Yingde (Hanguang)
|
女
|
Yangshan
|
妹仔
|
Lianshan (Butian)
|
女
|
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
女
|
Shaoguan
|
女
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
女
|
Renhua
|
女
|
Lechang
|
女
|
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
女
|
Sihui
|
女
|
Guangning
|
女
|
Deqing
|
女
|
Huaiji
|
女
|
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
女
|
Yunfu
|
女
|
Xinxing
|
女
|
Luoding
|
女
|
Yunan (Pingtai)
|
女
|
Yangjiang
|
桓仔, 妹仔
|
Xinyi
|
女
|
Maoming (Xinpo)
|
女
|
Lianjiang
|
女
|
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
|
康女兒, 夫娘儂
|
Nanning
|
女
|
Wuzhou
|
女
|
Yulin
|
女
|
Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
女
|
Guiping
|
女
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
女
|
Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
女
|
Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
女
|
Baise
|
女
|
Bobai
|
女
|
Lingshan
|
女
|
Pubei
|
女
|
Qinzhou
|
女
|
Beihai
|
女
|
Beihai (Nankang)
|
女
|
Beihai (Yingpan)
|
女
|
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
女, 妹仔
|
Ningming
|
女
|
Hengzhou
|
女
|
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
女仔
|
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
女
|
Danzhou
|
女
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
女
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
女
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
女
|
Móng Cái
|
女
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
女, 姑娘
|
Lichuan
|
女
|
Pingxiang
|
女, 妹仔
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
妹仔
|
Xingning
|
妹哩
|
Dabu (Xihe)
|
妹兒, 女
|
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
阿女
|
Huiyang
|
妹子
|
Huidong (Daling)
|
妹仔
|
Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
妹主
|
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
妹主
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
妹子
|
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
妹哩
|
Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
妹哩
|
Wuhua (Changbu)
|
妹哩
|
Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
妹哩
|
Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
阿女
|
Wengyuan
|
妹子
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
妹子
|
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
妹仔
|
Liannan
|
妹子
|
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
女
|
Jiexi
|
妹
|
Luhe
|
妹仔, 阿女
|
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
阿女
|
Changting
|
妹子, 女
|
Wuping
|
妹子
|
Wuping (Yanqian)
|
女哩
|
Wuping (Pingyu)
|
妹子
|
Liancheng
|
妹子娘
|
Ninghua
|
女
|
Yudu
|
女, 女子
|
Ningdu
|
女
|
Ruijin
|
女, 女子
|
Shicheng
|
女
|
Shangyou (Shexi)
|
女
|
Tonggu (Sandu)
|
妹子
|
Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
女
|
Dayu
|
女哩
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
妹仔, 妹子
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
妹仔, 妹子
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
妹仔, 妹子
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
妹, 妹子, 細妹
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
妹仔, 妹子
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
阿女
|
Hong Kong
|
妹子
|
Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
妹子
|
Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
女
|
Xinyi (Sihe)
|
女
|
Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
女
|
Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
女
|
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
女
|
Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
女子
|
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
妹𧊅, 女子
|
Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
女
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
妹子
|
Luchuan
|
女
|
Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
女
|
Bobai (Shahe)
|
女
|
Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
妹
|
Mashan (Pianlian)
|
妹子
|
Sabah (Bao'an)
|
妹子
|
Sabah (Longchuan)
|
妹哩
|
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
妹
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
妹子
|
Singkawang
|
妹子
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
女
|
Shexian
|
女
|
Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
囡, 囡囝
|
Xiuning
|
囡兒
|
Yixian
|
囡兒
|
Qimen
|
女, 女兒
|
Wuyuan
|
女, 女兒, 囡
|
Fuliang
|
女崽
|
Dexing
|
𡚴姑
|
Jingde
|
女伲
|
Shitai (Xianyu)
|
女兒
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
閨女, 姑娘, 妮子
|
Pingyao
|
閨女, 女子
|
Xinzhou
|
閨女
|
Hohhot
|
閨女, 女子
|
Zhangjiakou
|
閨女
|
Handan
|
閨女
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
阿娘囝
|
Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
娘囝
|
Songxi
|
阿娘囝
|
Zhenghe
|
阿娘囝
|
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
娘囝
|
Jianyang
|
阿娘囝
|
Wuyishan
|
阿娘囝
|
Pucheng (Shibei)
|
阿娘囝
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
諸娘囝
|
Fuzhou (Changle)
|
諸娘囝
|
Fuqing
|
諸娘囝
|
Yongtai
|
諸娘囝
|
Gutian
|
諸娘囝
|
Pingnan
|
諸娘囝
|
Fu'an
|
諸娘囝
|
Ningde
|
諸母囝
|
Shouning
|
諸母囝
|
Zhouning
|
諸娘囝
|
Fuding
|
諸母囝
|
Matsu
|
諸娘囝
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
查某囝, 查某仔
|
Quanzhou
|
查某仔
|
Yongchun
|
查某囝
|
Zhangzhou
|
查某仔, 灶雞
|
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
查某仔
|
Pinghe
|
查某囝, 查某仔 Xiazhai, Jiufeng, Luxi
|
Zhangpu
|
查某仔
|
Dongshan
|
查囝
|
Taipei
|
查某囝
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
查某囝
|
Kaohsiung
|
查某囡仔, 查某囝
|
Yilan
|
查某囝
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
查某囝
|
Taichung
|
查某囝
|
Taichung (Wuqi)
|
查某囝
|
Tainan
|
查某囝
|
Taitung
|
查某囝
|
Hsinchu
|
查某囝
|
Kinmen
|
查某囡仔
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
查某囝
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
查某囝, 查某仔
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
查某囝
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
查某仔, 查某囝
|
Longyan
|
查某仔
|
Zhangping
|
查某仔
|
Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
查某仔
|
Datian
|
阿使
|
Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
女
|
Chaozhou
|
走囝
|
Shantou
|
走囝
|
Shantou (Chenghai)
|
走囝
|
Jieyang
|
走囝
|
Haifeng
|
查某囝
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
走囝
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
走囝
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
查某囝, 走囝
|
Batam (Teochew)
|
查某囝, 走囝
|
Pontianak (Teochew)
|
查某囝
|
Leizhou
|
查某囝
|
Wenchang
|
查某囝
|
Haikou
|
查某囝, 查囝
|
Qionghai
|
查某囝
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
嬸娘囝
|
Xianyou
|
子囝
|
Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
娘囝
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
中母囝
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
女
|
Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
女
|
Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
女
|
Fuding
|
女
|
Luoyuan
|
女
|
Sanming
|
女
|
Shunchang
|
女
|
Hua'an
|
妹仔
|
Guixi (Zhangping)
|
女
|
Cangnan
|
女
|
Jingning (Hexi)
|
女
|
Lishui
|
女
|
Longyou
|
女
|
Chaozhou
|
女
|
Fengshun
|
女
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
囡兒, 囡 dated, 囡兒大細 dated, 小鬼丫頭 endearing
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
丫頭
|
Suzhou
|
囡兒
|
Wuxi
|
囡兒
|
Danyang
|
女兒
|
Hangzhou
|
女兒
|
Ningbo
|
囡
|
Wenzhou
|
奶兒
|
Jinhua
|
囡兒, 囡, 女兒
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
女, 妹子
|
Xiangtan
|
女, 妹唧
|
Loudi
|
女
|
Shuangfeng
|
女
|
Quanzhou
|
女崽
|
Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Jiangyong
|
女
|
Dialectal synonyms of
女孩子 (“young girl”)
[map]
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
女孩, 女孩子, 女童
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
女孩兒, 小女孩兒, 小姑娘, 小閨女, 小丫頭, 妞兒, 小妞兒, 女花兒
|
Taiwan
|
女孩, 女孩子
|
Singapore
|
女孩子
|
Jilu Mandarin
|
Weifang (Weicheng)
|
閨女兒, 小妮兒
|
Weifang (Fangzi)
|
小閨女
|
Changle
|
閨女, 妮兒
|
Shouguang
|
妮子
|
Wulian
|
識字班
|
Jinan
|
小閨女兒, 小妮兒
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Weifang (Hanting)
|
小閨女
|
Changyi
|
閨女, 小嫚兒
|
Gaomi
|
小嫚兒
|
Zhucheng
|
小閨女子兒
|
Anqiu
|
閨女
|
Linqu
|
閨女
|
Qingzhou
|
小閨女, 小閨妮兒
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Kaifeng
|
女孩兒
|
Xi'an
|
女子娃, 女子, 女娃子
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
女娃子, 女娃兒, 女娃娃
|
Wuhan
|
女伢, 姑娘, 姑娘伢
|
Guilin
|
女把爺
|
Guanyang
|
妹崽家
|
Dagudi (Maliba)
|
小姑娘
|
Reshuitang (Longling)
|
小姑娘
|
Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
小姑娘
|
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
小姑娘
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Yangzhou
|
女霞子
|
Xinghua
|
姑娘, 丫頭, 外家裡
|
Hefei
|
丫頭
|
Mandarin
|
Nanping (Yanping)
|
女子崽
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
女仔, 細路女 child, 姑娘仔
|
Hong Kong
|
女仔, 細路女 child, 姑娘仔
|
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
女仔
|
Macau
|
女仔
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
女仔
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
女仔
|
Foshan
|
女仔
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
女仔
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
女仔
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
女仔
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
女仔
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
女仔
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
女仔
|
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
女仔
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
女仔
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
女仔
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
女仔
|
Taishan
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女仔, 細路女 child, 細民女 child
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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女仔, 細佬女 child, 細民女 child
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Enping (Niujiang)
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女仔
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Heshan (Yayao)
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女仔
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Dongguan
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女仔
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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婦娘妹
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Qingyuan
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女仔
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Fogang
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女仔
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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女仔
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Yangshan
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妹仔
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Lianshan (Butian)
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妹仔兒
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Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
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女仔
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Shaoguan
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女仔
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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女仔, 妹仔
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Renhua
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女仔
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Lechang
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女仔
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Yangjiang
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妹, 妹仔
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Nanning
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女仔, 妹仔, 妹丁
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Dongxing
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妹仔
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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女仔
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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女仔
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Gan
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Nanchang
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女崽子
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Pengze
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女妹
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Hakka
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Meixian
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細妹仔
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Xingning
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細妹哩, 賠錢貨 †
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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女仔
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Huidong (Daling)
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阿僬妹仔
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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僬妹
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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老妹仔
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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女仔, 僬妹仔
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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細妹子
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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細妹仔
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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妹仔
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Changting
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細妹子
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Wuping
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細妹子
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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細妹子
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Liancheng
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妹子人
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Ninghua
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女子薩
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Ruijin
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女客子, 細女子
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Shicheng
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細女女子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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細妹仔
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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細妹仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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細妹仔
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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細妹
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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細妹仔, 細妹
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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妹子, 妹子人
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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妮子, 女娃娃
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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阿娘囝仔
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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諸娘囝
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Matsu
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諸娘囝
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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查某囡仔
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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查某囡仔
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Quanzhou
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查某囡仔
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Zhangzhou
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查某囡仔, 查某嬰
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Yunxiao
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查囡仔
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Taipei
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查某囡仔
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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查某囡仔
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Kaohsiung
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查某囝
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Yilan
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查某囡仔
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Changhua (Lukang)
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查某囡仔
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Taichung
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查某囡仔
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Tainan
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查某囡仔
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Hsinchu
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查某囡仔
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Kinmen
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查某囡仔
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Penghu (Magong)
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查某囡仔
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Penang (Hokkien)
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查某囡仔
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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查某囡仔
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Manila (Hokkien)
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查某囡仔
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Chaozhou
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諸娘囝
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Shantou
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諸娘囝, 查某囝
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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諸娘囝
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Jieyang
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諸娘囝
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Lufeng
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查某囡仔
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Haifeng
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查某囡仔
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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查某囝
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Singapore (Teochew)
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查某囝
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Leizhou
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查某囝
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Wenchang
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查某囝
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Haikou
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查某囝
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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女囝
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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姑娘
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Waxiang
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Guzhang (Gaofeng)
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女子
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Wu
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Shanghai
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女小囡, 小鬼丫頭
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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丫頭, 小娘
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Suzhou
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小娘兒, 女小干
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Ningbo
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小娘, 小娘屄, 小娘頭, 娘子
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Wenzhou
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女兒, 媛子兒
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Xiang
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Changsha
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妹子, 細妹子, 妹伢子
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Shuangfeng
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妹唧, 細妹唧
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Note
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† - derogatory
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Derived terms
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of 女兒 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 女兒, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
女兒 • (yeoa) (hangeul 여아)
- hanja form? of 여아