素女

Chinese

		plain; element	female; woman; daughter
trad. (素女)		素	女
simp. #(素女)		素	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sùnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sùnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sùnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Su⁴-nü³
    • Yale: Sù-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Suhneu
    • Palladius: Сунюй (Sunjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

素女

1. "Plain Girl," a goddess from Chinese mythology, supposedly contemporaneous with the Yellow Emperor
2. Chang'e
3. a mythical fairy maiden in the Milky Way galaxy

Derived terms

• 白水素女
• 素女弦
• 素女經 / 素女经 (Sùnǚjīng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (素女):

• → Japanese: 素(そ)女(じょ) (sojo)
• → Korean: 소녀(素女) (sonyeo)
• → Vietnamese: tố nữ (素女)

See also

• 玄女 (Xuánnǚ)
• 彩女 (cǎinǚ)