女兒國

Chinese

		daughter; woman	country; state; nation
trad. (女兒國)		女兒	國
simp. (女儿国)		女儿	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nǚ'érguó

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄦˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nǚ'érguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄦˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nyǔ-érguó
  - Wade–Giles: Nü³-êrh²-kuo²
  - Yale: Nyǔ-ér-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neuerlgwo
  - Palladius: Нюйэрго (Njujɛrgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/

Proper noun

女兒國

A country populated solely or primarily by women.
- 行了幾日，到了女兒國，船隻泊岸 [MSC, trad.]
  行了几日，到了女儿国，船只泊岸 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Flowers in the Mirror
  xíng le jǐrì, dào le nǚ'érguó, chuánzhī bó'àn [Pinyin]
  After traveling several days, they arrived at the country of women, and anchored their boat along the shore.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 女人國 / 女人国 (Nǚrénguó), which refers to a historically attested country to the south of China.