室女

Chinese

		room	female; woman; daughter
trad. (室女)		室	女
simp. ^#(室女)		室	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ neoi⁵
Min Nan (POJ): siak-lír / sek-lú / sit-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-nü³
  - Yale: shr̀-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhneu
  - Palladius: шинюй (šinjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    仕女
    侍女
    士女
    室女
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ neoi⁵
  - Yale: sāt néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ nêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ nɵy̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-lír
  - Tâi-lô: siak-lír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-lú
  - Tâi-lô: sik-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sekluo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-lí
  - Tâi-lô: sit-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sitlie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ li⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /ɕiɪt̚ ɳɨʌ^X/

Rime
Character	室	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	眞 (48)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式質切	尼吕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪt̚/	/ɳɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕit̚/	/ɳiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjet̚/	/niɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕit̚/	/ɳɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ɕiĕt̚/	/niɔ^X/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕt̚/	/nĭo^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ĕt̚/	/ni̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	nǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sat¹	neoi⁵

Noun

室女

(dated) unmarried lady; virgin
- 神天宣慶，室女誕聖於大秦；景宿告祥，波斯睹耀以來貢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  神天宣庆，室女诞圣于大秦；景宿告祥，波斯睹耀以来贡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 781, Nestorian Stele Inscriptions (《大秦景教流行中國碑》). Translated by Alexander Wylie (偉烈亞力).
  Shéntiān xuānqìng, shìnǚ dànshèng yú Dàqín; jǐngxiù gàoxiáng, Bōsī dǔyào yǐ láigòng. [Pinyin]
  Angelic powers promulgated the glad tidings, a virgin gave birth to the Holy One in Syria;
  A bright star announced the felicitous event, and Persians observing the splendor came to present tribute.
(dated) Virgo (star sign)

Derived terms

室女座 (Shìnǚzuò)

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