腐女子

Chinese

		decay; rotten	woman; female; daughter
trad. (腐女子)		腐	女子
simp. ^#(腐女子)		腐	女子

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 腐(ふ)女(じょ)子(し) (fujoshi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǔnǚzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǔnǚzǐ [Phonetic: fǔnǘzǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǔnyǔzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: fu³-nü³-tzŭ³
  - Yale: fǔ-nyǔ-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuuneutzyy
  - Palladius: фунюйцзы (funjujczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

腐女子

(ACG) fujoshi

Synonyms

腐女 (fǔnǚ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腐	女	子
ふ Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

腐 (fu, “rotten”) +‎ 女子 (joshi, “woman”), a pun on homophonous 婦女子 (fujoshi, “women”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ʑo̞ɕi]

Homophone: 婦女子

Noun

腐(ふ)女(じょ)子(し) • (fujoshi)

(slang) A girl/woman who likes homosexual male relationships, a female who enjoys observing relations between gay men/boys. A female shipper.
(slang) A female who enjoys yaoi.
(slang, derogatory, by extension) A female who is a fan of manga and/or anime.

Coordinate terms

腐(ふ)男(だん)子(し) (fudanshi)

Descendants

→ English: fujoshi, fujo
→ Chinese: 腐女 (fǔnǚ), 腐女子 (fǔnǚzǐ)
→ Vietnamese: hủ nữ (腐女)
Korean: 부녀자(腐女子) (bunyeoja)

Korean

Hanja in this term
腐	女	子

Noun

腐女子 • (bunyeoja) (hangeul 부녀자)

hanja form^? of 부녀자 (“A female fan of yaoi”)