英雌

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Chinese

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flower; hero; brave
flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
 
female
trad. (英雌)
simp. #(英雌)

Etymology

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Coined by replacing (xióng, “male; powerful”) in 英雄 (yīngxióng, “hero”) with (, “female”). First attested in 1903:

儒者讚頌歷史人物大丈夫女子」,英雄英雌」,鼠目寸光成敗歷史污點不知萬萬同胞 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
儒者赞颂历史人物大丈夫女子」,英雄英雌」,鼠目寸光成败历史污点不知万万同胞 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 1903, 楚北英雌, 《支那女權憤言》, in 《湖北學生界》, issue 2
Shì shì rúzhě, zànsòng lìshǐ rénwù, yuē “dàzhàngfū” ér bù yuē “dànǚzǐ”, yuē “yīngxióng” ér bù yuē “yīngcí”, shǔmùcùnguāng, chéngbài lùn rén, shí wǒ lìshǐ zhī wūdiǎn yě. Cǐ yì sī piān tè qí gài shuō, bùzhī wǒ èr wànwàn zhī tóngbāo, yì yǒu wèn wú yán ér xìng zhě fǒu? [Pinyin]
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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英雌

  1. (rare) heroine [1903–]

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (英雌):
  • Vietnamese: anh thư (英雌)

See also

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Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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英雌

  1. chữ Hán form of anh thư (heroine; lady hero).