剩女

Chinese

FWOTD – 2 July 2016

		have as remainder	female; woman; daughter
trad. (剩女)		剩	女
simp. ^#(剩女)		剩	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁶ neoi^5-2
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zan-gniu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèngnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-nü³
  - Yale: shèng-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqneu
  - Palladius: шэннюй (šɛnnjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁶ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: sihng néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁶ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁶ nêu^5-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²² nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zan-gniu
  - MiniDict: zan^去 nyu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zan-nyy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zã²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Noun

剩女

(neologism, derogatory) "leftover woman"; old spinster; old unmarried woman
大齡剩女／大龄剩女 ― dàlíng shèngnǚ ― single woman past the usual age for marriage

我不想成為剩女！ [MSC, trad.]
我不想成为剩女！ [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ bùxiǎng chéngwéi shèngnǚ! [Pinyin]
I don't want to be a woman left on the shelf!

Usage notes

For quotations using this term, see Citations:剩女.

Descendants

English: sheng nu

See also

怨女 (yuànnǚ)
老處女／老处女 (lǎochǔnǚ)

See also

剩男 (shèngnán)