聖女

See also: 圣女

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	female; woman; daughter
trad. (聖女)		聖	女
simp. (圣女)		圣	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ neoi^5-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèngnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-nü³
  - Yale: shèng-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqneu
  - Palladius: шэннюй (šɛnnjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: sing néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ nêu^5-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

聖女

saintess; female saint
goddess

Derived terms

聖女果 / 圣女果 (shèngnǚguǒ)
聖女現象 / 圣女现象
聖女番茄 / 圣女番茄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	女
せい Grade: 6	じょ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーじょ [séꜜèjò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

聖(せい)女(じょ) • (seijo) ^{←せいぢよ (seidyo)^?}

saintess; female saint
holy woman

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	女

Noun

聖女 • (seongnyeo) (hangeul 성녀)

hanja form^? of 성녀 (“saintess; female saint”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
聖	女

Noun

聖女

chữ Hán form of thánh nữ (“saintess; female saint”)