室女

Chinese

		room	female; woman; daughter
trad. (室女)		室	女
simp. #(室女)		室	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ neoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siak-lír / sek-lú / sit-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-nü³
    • Yale: shr̀-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhneu
    • Palladius: шинюй (šinjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 仕女 侍女 士女 室女

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ neoi⁵
    • Yale: sāt néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ nɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-lír
    • Tâi-lô: siak-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-lú
    • Tâi-lô: sik-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-lí
    • Tâi-lô: sit-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sitlie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚³²⁻⁵ li⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: syit nrjoX

Rime
Character	室	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式質切	尼吕切
Baxter	syit	nrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪt̚/	/ɳɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕit̚/	/ɳiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjet̚/	/niɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕit̚/	/ɳɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɕiĕt̚/	/niɔX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕt̚/	/nĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ĕt̚/	/ni̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	nǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sat1	neoi5

Noun

室女

1. (dated) unmarried lady; virgin

   • 神天宣慶，室女誕聖於大秦；景宿告祥，波斯睹耀以來貢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     神天宣庆，室女诞圣于大秦；景宿告祥，波斯睹耀以来贡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 781, Nestorian Stele Inscriptions (《大秦景教流行中國碑》). Translated by Alexander Wylie (偉烈亞力).

     Shéntiān xuānqìng, shìnǚ dànshèng yú Dàqín; jǐngxiù gàoxiáng, Bōsī dǔyào yǐ láigòng. [Pinyin]

     Angelic powers promulgated the glad tidings, a virgin gave birth to the Holy One in Syria;
     A bright star announced the felicitous event, and Persians observing the splendor came to present tribute.

2. (dated) Virgo (star sign)

Derived terms

• 室女座 (Shìnǚzuò)