女流

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (女流)		女	流
simp. ^#(女流)		女	流

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǚliú

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ lau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lír-liû / lú-liû / lí-liû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǚliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔlióu
  - Wade–Giles: nü³-liu²
  - Yale: nyǔ-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuliou
  - Palladius: нюйлю (njujlju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ lau⁴
  - Yale: néuih làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ lɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-liû
  - Tâi-lô: lír-liû
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-liû
  - Tâi-lô: lú-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lwliuu
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-liû
  - Tâi-lô: lí-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lyliuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liu²³/

Noun

女流

(now slightly derogatory) woman; the weaker sex
- 其書云： […] 昔李將軍忍恥降虜，欲得當以報漢，妾雖女流，志竊類此。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  其书云： […] 昔李将军忍耻降虏，欲得当以报汉，妾虽女流，志窃类此。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE
  Qí shū yún: […] xī Lǐ jiāngjūn rěn chǐ xiáng lǔ, yù dédàng yǐ bào Hàn, qiè suī nǚliú, zhì qiè lèi cǐ. [Pinyin]
  Her letter said, “... In the old days, General Li swallowed humiliation and surrendered to the Xiongnu in the hope of awaiting a chance to serve the country again. Though I’m but a woman, I’ve been having similar aspirations.”

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	流
じょ Grade: 1	りゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

女(じょ)流(りゅう) • (joryū)

(attributive, chiefly occupational) female
- 1947, 坂口安吾, オモチャ箱:
  次(つぎ)にはさる新進(しんしん)の女流(じょりゅう)作家(さっか)を訪問(ほうもん)する。
  Tsugi ni wa saru shinshin no joryū sakka o hōmon suru.
  Next we have a visit by a certain up-and-coming female author.

Korean

Hanja in this term
女	流

Noun

女流 • (yeoryu) (hangeul 여류)

hanja form^? of 여류 (“female”)