下女

Chinese

		lower	female; woman; daughter
trad. (下女)		下	女
simp. ^#(下女)		下	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄋㄩˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-nü³
  - Yale: syà-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahneu
  - Palladius: сянюй (sjanjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjä⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

下女

housemaid

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	女
しも Grade: 1	おんな Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
下	女
げ Grade: 1	じょ Grade: 1
goon	kan’on

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) げじょ [géꜜjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ʑo̞]

Noun

下(げ)女(じょ) • (gejo) ^{←げぢょ (gedyo)^?}
下(しも)女(おんな) • (shimoonna) ^{←しもをんな (simowonna)^?}

a maidservant
Synonyms: 女中 (jochū), 端女 (hashitame)

See also

下(げ)人(にん) (genin, “servant”)
下(しも)女(じょ)中(ちゅう) (shimojochū)
上(かみ)女(おんな) (kamionna)

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