女郎

Chinese

female; woman; daughter youth
trad. (女郎)
simp. #(女郎)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (12) (37)
Final () (22) (101)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter nrjoX lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳɨʌX/ /lɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳiɔX/ /lɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/niɔX/ /lɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳɨə̆X/ /laŋ/
Li
Rong
/niɔX/ /lɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/nĭoX/ /lɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ni̯woX/ /lɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
láng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
neoi5 long4

Noun

女郎

  1. young woman; girl; lady

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 兔女郎 (tùnǚláng)
  • 吉普女郎
  • 噴火女郎喷火女郎
  • 妙齡女郎妙龄女郎
  • 封面女郎
  • 應召女郎应召女郎 (yìngzhào nǚláng)
  • 摩登女郎
  • 阻街女郎
  • 風塵女郎风尘女郎

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
ろう
Grade: S
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
じょ > じょう
Grade: 1
ろう > ろ
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
じょ
Grade: 1
ろう > ろ
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
じょ
Grade: 1
ろう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
女郞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じょ [jòróꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • (Tokyo) じょろー [jòróó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɾo̞ː]
  • (Tokyo) じょ [jòróꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɾo̞]
  • (Tokyo) じょーろ [jòóróꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːɾo̞]
  • (Tokyo) [mèróꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [me̞ɾo̞ː]

Noun

(じょ)(ろう) • (jorō) ぢよらう (dyorau)?
(alternative reading hiragana じょろ, rōmaji joro, historical hiragana ぢよろ)
(alternative reading hiragana じょうろ, rōmaji jōro, historical hiragana ぢようろ)
(alternative reading hiragana めろう, rōmaji merō, historical hiragana めらう)

  1. (in compounds) young woman
  2. a prostitute; a whore
  3. (derogatory) a bitch; a cunt

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

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