石女

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	female; woman; daughter
trad. (石女)		石	女
simp. ^#(石女)		石	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shínǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ neoi⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-lír / se̍k-lú / se̍k-lí / chio̍h-lú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shínǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-nü³
  - Yale: shŕ-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrneu
  - Palladius: шинюй (šinjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shínǚr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄋㄩˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhnyǔr
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-nü³-ʼrh
  - Yale: shŕ-nyǔr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrneuel
  - Palladius: шинюйр (šinjujr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ nyə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek⁶ neoi⁵
  - Yale: sehk néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ nêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² nɵy̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-lír
  - Tâi-lô: si̍t-lír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-lú
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: segluo
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-lí
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seglie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ li⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio̍h-lú
  - Tâi-lô: tsio̍h-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioiqluo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵³/

Noun

石女

woman who is unable to have sex for congenital anatomical reasons, such as vaginal hypoplasia

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	女
うまずめ
Grade: 1	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
不生女

Etymology

From 生(う)まず (umazu, negative form of 生(う)む (umu, “to give birth”)) + 女(め) (me, “woman”). The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why 石?”)

Noun

石女(うまずめ) • (umazume) ^{←うまずめ (umazume)^?}

a woman who cannot bear children; a barren woman