舞妓

Chinese

		to dance; to wield; to brandish	prostitute
trad. (舞妓)		舞	妓
simp. ^#(舞妓)		舞	妓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔjì

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ gei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔjì
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-chi⁴
  - Yale: wǔ-jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuujih
  - Palladius: уцзи (uczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ gei⁶
  - Yale: móuh geih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ gei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ géi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ kei̯²²/

Noun

舞妓

maiko (apprentice geisha)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
舞	妓
まい Grade: S	Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi	irregular

Compound of 舞 (mai, “dancing”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).

Alternative forms

舞子

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)

(Tokyo) まいこ [màíkó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ma̠iko̞]

Noun

舞妓(まいこ) • (maiko) ^{←まひこ (mafiko)^?}

dancing girl, particularly a maiko

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
舞	妓
ぶ Grade: S	ぎ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ぶぎ [búꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɡʲi]

Noun

舞(ぶ)妓(ぎ) • (bugi)

female dancer

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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