女官

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	official; government; organ of body
trad. (女官)		女	官
simp. ^#(女官)		女	官

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǚguān

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǚguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔguan
  - Wade–Giles: nü³-kuan¹
  - Yale: nyǔ-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuguan
  - Palladius: нюйгуань (njujguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/

Noun

女官

lady-in-waiting (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)

Synonyms

侍女 (shìnǚ)
女侍臣
宮女／宫女 (gōngnǚ)
宮官／宫官
采女 (cǎinǚ) (archaic)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	官
にょ Grade: 1	かん Grade: 4
goon	on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にょかん [nyòkáń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟o̞kã̠ɴ]

Noun

女(にょ)官(かん) • (nyokan)

a lady-in-waiting at court
Synonym: 宮女 (miya-onna)

See also

采女(うねめ) (uneme)