女官

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	official; government; organ of body
trad. (女官)		女	官
simp. #(女官)		女	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔguan
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-kuan¹
    • Yale: nyǔ-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuguan
    • Palladius: нюйгуань (njujguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/

Noun

女官

1. lady-in-waiting (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)

Synonyms

• 宮官／宫官
• 宮女／宫女 (gōngnǚ)
• 侍女 (shìnǚ)
• 女侍臣
• 采女 (cǎinǚ) (archaic)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	官
にょ Grade: 1	かん Grade: 4
goon	on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にょかん [nyòkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟o̞kã̠ɴ]

Noun

女(にょ)官(かん) • (nyokan) 

1. a lady-in-waiting at court

   Synonym: 宮女 (miya-onna)

See also

• 采女(うねめ) (uneme)