女大十八變

See also: 女大十八变

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	eighteen; 18	to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
trad. (女大十八變)		女	大	十八	變
simp. (女大十八变)		女	大	十八	变
Literally: “The eighteen changes of a grown woman.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚ dà shíbā biàn, nǚ dà shíbá biàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄧㄢˋ, ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi^5-2 daai⁶ sap⁶ baat³ bin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚ dà shíbā biàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔ dà shíhba biàn
    • Wade–Giles: nü³ ta⁴ shih²-pa¹ pien⁴
    • Yale: nyǔ dà shŕ-bā byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neu dah shyrba biann
    • Palladius: нюй да шиба бянь (njuj da šiba bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pä⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚ dà shíbá biàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔ dà shíhbá biàn
    • Wade–Giles: nü³ ta⁴ shih²-pa² pien⁴
    • Yale: nyǔ dà shŕ-bá byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neu dah shyrba biann
    • Palladius: нюй да шиба бянь (njuj da šiba bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pä³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi^5-2 daai⁶ sap⁶ baat³ bin³
    • Yale: néui daaih sahp baat bin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey^5-2 daai⁶ sap⁹ baat⁸ bin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu^5-2 dai⁶ seb⁶ bad³ bin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵ taːi̯²² sɐp̚² paːt̚³ piːn³³/

Idiom

女大十八變

1. All of the changes that a girl makes when turning into a woman; blossom into womanhood

   女大十八變，她如今已成為亭亭玉立的小天鵝。 [MSC, trad.]
   女大十八变，她如今已成为亭亭玉立的小天鹅。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǚ dà shíbābiàn, tā rújīn yǐ chéngwéi tíngtíngyùlì de xiǎotiān'é. [Pinyin]

   After having blossomed into womanhood, she has become a statuesque little swan.