魔法少女

Chinese

		magic; wizardry; witchcraft magic; wizardry; witchcraft; sorcery; A VPN.	young woman; girl; youngest daughter
trad. (魔法少女)		魔法	少女
simp. ^#(魔法少女)		魔法	少女

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) (mahō shōjo, “magical girl”). Doublet of 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mófǎ shàonǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ faat³ siu³ neoi⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-hoat siàu-lú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mófǎ shàonǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mófǎ shàonyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: mo²-fa³ shao⁴-nü³
  - Yale: mwó-fǎ shàu-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mofaa shawneu
  - Palladius: мофа шаонюй (mofa šaonjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo¹ faat³ siu³ neoi⁵
  - Yale: mō faat siu néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ faat⁸ siu³ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ fad³ xiu³ nêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ faːt̚³ siːu̯³³ nɵy̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-hoat siàu-lú
  - Tâi-lô: môo-huat siàu-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo'hoad siaoluo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁵ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/

Noun

魔法少女

(manga, anime) magical girl (a girl or young woman with magical abilities and engaged in magical adventures)
《魔法少女小圓》 [MSC, trad.]
《魔法少女小圆》 [MSC, simp.]
“Mófǎ Shàonǚ Xiǎoyuán” [Pinyin]
Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Synonyms

(humorous) 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魔	法	少	女
ま Grade: S	ほう Grade: 4	しょう Grade: 2	じょ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 魔法(まほう) (mahō) + 少女(しょうじょ) (shōjo).

Noun

魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) • (mahō shōjo) ^{←まはふせうぢよ (mafafuseudyo)^?}

(manga, anime) magical girl (a girl or young woman with magical abilities and engaged in magical adventures)

Descendants

→ Chinese:
- Mandarin: 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)
- Mandarin: 魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)
→ Korean: 마법소녀(魔法少女) (mabeopsonyeo)
→ English: magical girl (calque)

See also

魔女(まじょ)っ子(こ) (majokko)

Korean

Hanja in this term
魔	法	少	女

Noun

魔法少女 • (mabeopsonyeo) (hangeul 마법소녀)

hanja form^? of 마법소녀