女中

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
trad. (女中)		女	中
simp. ^#(女中)		女	中
anagram		中女

Etymology

Short for 女子中學／女子中学 (nǚzǐ zhōngxué)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǚzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ zung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí-tiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǚzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔjhong
  - Wade–Giles: nü³-chung¹
  - Yale: nyǔ-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neujong
  - Palladius: нюйчжун (njujčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ zung¹
  - Yale: néuih jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: lí-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ly'diofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

女中

girls' middle school or girls' high school

Antonyms

男中

Derived terms

女中丈夫
女中堯舜 / 女中尧舜
女中豪傑 / 女中豪杰 (nǚzhōngháojié)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	中
じょ Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょちゅう [jòchúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞t͡ɕɨː]

Noun

女(じょ)中(ちゅう) • (jochū) ^{←ぢよちゆう (dyotyuu)^?}

synonym of 下女 (gejo, “maidservant”)

See also

奥(おく)女(じょ)中(ちゅう) (okujochū)
上(かみ)女(じょ)中(ちゅう) (kamijochū)
下(しも)女(じょ)中(ちゅう) (shimojochū)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN