次女

Chinese

		number of times; order; sequence number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)	female; woman; daughter
trad. (次女)		次	女
simp. ^#(次女)		次	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cìnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ neoi^5-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhù-lú / chhìr-lír / chhù-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cìnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cìhnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-nü³
  - Yale: tsz̀-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhneu
  - Palladius: цынюй (cynjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci³ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: chi néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi³ nêu^5-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-lú
  - Tâi-lô: tshù-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuoluo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìr-lír
  - Tâi-lô: tshìr-lír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tshù-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuolie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/

Noun

次女

second daughter
- 生下三女一男：兒子名曰承祖，長女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元來是先花後果的，倒是玉英居長，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  生下三女一男：儿子名曰承祖，长女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元来是先花后果的，倒是玉英居长，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE
  Shēngxià sān nǚ yī nán: érzǐ míng yuē Chéngzǔ, chángnǚ míng Yùyīng, cìnǚ míng Táoyīng, sānnǚ míng Yuèyīng. Yuánlái shì xiānhuāhòuguǒ de, dǎoshì Yùyīng jū cháng, cì jí Chéngzǔ. [Pinyin]
  The son was named Chengzu, the eldest daughter Yuying, the second daughter Taoying, and the third daughter Yueying. Yuying was the eldest of the four and Chengzu the son was the second.

Synonyms

次男 (cìnán)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (次女):

→ Japanese: 次女(じじょ) (jijo)
→ Korean: 차녀(次女) (chanyeo)
→ Vietnamese: thứ nữ (次女)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
次	女
じ Grade: 3	じょ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 次 (“next”) +‎ 女 (“woman; female”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiʑo̞]

Noun

次(じ)女(じょ) • (jijo)

second daughter

Related terms

	son	daughter	child (rare)
first child	長(ちょう)男(なん) (chōnan), 一(いち)男(なん) (ichinan), 長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)	長(ちょう)女(じょ) (chōjo), 一(いち)女(じょ) (ichijo)	長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)
second child	次(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 二(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 次(じ)子(し) (jishi)	次(じ)女(じょ) (jijo), 二(じ)女(じょ) (jijo)	次(じ)子(し) (jishi)
third child	三(さん)男(なん) (sannan)	三(さん)女(じょ) (sanjo)	-

Korean

Hanja in this term
次	女

Noun

次女 • (chanyeo) (hangeul 차녀)

hanja form^? of 차녀 (“second daughter”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
次	女

Noun

次女

chữ Hán form of thứ nữ (“second daughter”)