女牆

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	wall
trad. (女牆)		女	牆
simp. (女墙)		女	墙

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚqiáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄑㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ coeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚqiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄑㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔciáng
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-chʻiang²
    • Yale: nyǔ-chyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuchyang
    • Palladius: нюйцян (njujcjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ coeng⁴
    • Yale: néuih chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjoX dzjang

Rime
Character	女	牆
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	尼吕切	在良切
Baxter	nrjoX	dzjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨʌX/	/d͡zɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiɔX/	/d͡ziɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/niɔX/	/d͡ziɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨə̆X/	/d͡zɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/niɔX/	/d͡ziaŋ/
Wang Li	/nĭoX/	/d͡zĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯woX/	/d͡zʱi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǚ	qiáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	neoi5	coeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*naʔ  zaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	女
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nǚ
Middle Chinese	‹ nrjoX ›
Old Chinese	/*nraʔ/
English	female
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	女	牆
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	9616	10302
Phonetic component	女	爿
Rime group	魚	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		牆
Old Chinese	/*naʔ/	/*zaŋ/

Noun

女牆

1. (architecture) crenelated parapet wall

   • 淮水東邊舊時月，夜深還過女牆來。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     淮水东边旧时月，夜深还过女墙来。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 826, Liu Yuxi（劉禹錫）, 《金陵五題•石頭城》

     Huái shuǐ dōngbiān jiùshí yuè, yèshēn hái guò nǚqiáng lái. [Pinyin]

     To the east of the Qinhuai River the same moon, as ever before,
     In the depth of night rises again over the battlements.

Synonyms

• 女兒牆／女儿墙 (nǚ'érqiáng)
• 雉堞 (zhìdié)