妮子

Chinese

		girl; phonetic "ni" (in girl's name)	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (妮子)		妮	子
simp. ^#(妮子)		妮	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nīzi, nízi

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧ ˙ㄗ, ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nīzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nizi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: ni¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: nī-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhi.tzy
  - Palladius: ницзы (niczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nízi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nízi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: ni²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: ní-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni.tzy
  - Palladius: ницзы (niczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴ zi²
  - Yale: nèih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

妮子

(dialectal) girl
(obsolete) slave-girl; servant girl; maid

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 女孩子 (“young girl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		女孩, 女孩子, 女童
Mandarin	Beijing	女孩兒, 小女孩兒, 小姑娘, 小閨女, 小丫頭, 妞兒, 小妞兒, 女花兒
	Taiwan	女孩, 女孩子
	Weifang (Weicheng)	閨女兒, 小妮兒
	Weifang (Fangzi)	小閨女
	Weifang (Hanting)	小閨女
	Changyi	閨女, 小嫚兒
	Gaomi	小嫚兒
	Zhucheng	小閨女子兒
	Anqiu	閨女
	Changle	閨女, 妮兒
	Linqu	閨女
	Qingzhou	小閨女, 小閨妮兒
	Shouguang	妮子
	Wulian	識字班
	Jinan	小閨女兒, 小妮兒
	Kaifeng	女孩兒
	Xi'an	女子娃, 女子, 女娃子
	Wuhan	女伢, 姑娘, 姑娘伢
	Chengdu	女娃子, 女娃兒, 女娃娃
	Guilin	女把爺
	Guanyang	妹崽家
	Yangzhou	女霞子
	Xinghua	姑娘, 丫頭, 外家裡
	Hefei	丫頭
	Yanping	女子崽
	Singapore	女孩子
	Dagudi (Maliba)	小姑娘
	Reshuitang (Longling)	小姑娘
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	小姑娘
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	小姑娘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女仔, 細路女 child, 姑娘仔
	Hong Kong	女仔, 細路女 child, 姑娘仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	女仔
	Macau	女仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	女仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	女仔
	Foshan	女仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	女仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	女仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	女仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	女仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	女仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	女仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	女仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	女仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	女仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	女仔
	Taishan	女仔, 細路女 child, 細民女 child
	Kaiping (Chikan)	女仔, 細佬女 child, 細民女 child
	Enping (Niujiang)	女仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	女仔
	Dongguan	女仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	婦娘妹
	Qingyuan	女仔
	Fogang	女仔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	女仔
	Yangshan	妹仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	妹仔兒
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	女仔
	Shaoguan	女仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	女仔, 妹仔
	Renhua	女仔
	Lechang	女仔
	Yangjiang	妹, 妹仔
	Nanning	女仔, 妹仔, 妹丁
	Dongxing	妹仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	女仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	女仔
Gan	Nanchang	女崽子
Gan	Pengze	女妹
Hakka	Meixian	細妹仔
	Xingning	細妹哩, 賠錢貨 †
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	女仔
	Huidong (Daling)	阿僬妹仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	僬妹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老妹仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	女仔, 僬妹仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	細妹子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	細妹仔
	Conghua (Lütian)	妹仔
	Changting	細妹子
	Wuping	細妹子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	細妹子
	Liancheng	妹子人
	Ninghua	女子薩
	Ruijin	女客子, 細女子
	Shicheng	細女女子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細妹仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細妹仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細妹仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細妹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細妹仔, 細妹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	妹子, 妹子人
Jin	Taiyuan	妮子, 女娃娃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	阿娘囝仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	諸娘囝
Eastern Min	Matsu	諸娘囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	查某囡仔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	查某囡仔
	Quanzhou	查某囡仔
	Zhangzhou	查某囡仔, 查某嬰
	Yunxiao	查囡仔
	Taipei	查某囡仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	查某囡仔
	Kaohsiung	查某囝
	Yilan	查某囡仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	查某囡仔
	Taichung	查某囡仔
	Tainan	查某囡仔
	Hsinchu	查某囡仔
	Kinmen	查某囡仔
	Penghu (Magong)	查某囡仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	查某囡仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	查某囡仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	查某囡仔
	Chaozhou	諸娘囝
	Shantou	諸娘囝, 查某囝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	諸娘囝
	Jieyang	諸娘囝
	Lufeng	查某囡仔
	Haifeng	查某囡仔
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	查某囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	查某囝
	Leizhou	查某囝
	Wenchang	查某囝
	Haikou	查某囝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	女囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	姑娘
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	女子
Wu	Shanghai	女小囡, 小鬼丫頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	丫頭, 小娘
	Suzhou	小娘兒, 女小干
	Ningbo	小娘, 小娘屄, 小娘頭, 娘子
	Wenzhou	女兒, 媛子兒
Xiang	Changsha	妹子, 細妹子, 妹伢子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	妹唧, 細妹唧
Note	† - derogatory

(maid):

丫頭／丫头 (yātou)
丫鬟 (yāhuan)
使女 (shǐnǚ)
女侍 (nǚshì)
女奴 (nǚnú)
女婢 (nǚbì)
女招待 (nǚzhāodài)
婢女 (bìnǚ)
小妮子 (xiǎonīzi) (obsolete)

Dialectal synonyms of 婢女 (“servant girl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		婢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		婢女, 女婢, 丫鬟, 丫頭, 使女
Mandarin	Beijing	丫鬟, 丫鬟兒, 丫頭子
	Harbin	丫鬟
	Yantai (Muping)	丫鬟兒
	Jinan	支使丫頭
	Luoyang	丫頭
	Wanrong	丫鬟
	Xi'an	丫頭子
	Yinchuan	使喚丫頭, 使喚
	Lanzhou	丫鬟, 丫頭
	Xining	丫鬟, 丫頭
	Ürümqi	使喚丫頭, 丫鬟
	Wuhan	丫頭
	Chengdu	丫頭兒, 丫頭子, 丫鬟
	Guiyang	丫頭
	Liuzhou	丫頭, 妹崽
	Xuzhou	使用丫頭子, 使用丫頭
	Yangzhou	丫頭
	Nanjing	丫頭兒, 小丫頭兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	妹仔
	Hong Kong	妹仔
	Dongguan	妹仔
Gan	Nanchang	丫頭
	Lichuan	姨婆
	Pingxiang	丫鬟
Hakka	Meixian	細老婢, 老婢仔
	Yudu	婢婆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	使女
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	使婢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	使女
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	使女
Huizhou	Jixi	丫頭
Jin	Taiyuan	蠻妮子, 妮子
Jin	Xinzhou	丫花
Northern Min	Jian'ou	奶婆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	丫頭, 丫鬟, 丫頭囝, 義女
Southern Min	Xiamen	查某𡢃仔, 查某𡢃, 𡢃婢
	Quanzhou	查某𡢃, 𡢃婢
	Zhangzhou	查某𡢃仔, 查某𡢃, 𡢃婢, 撽作
	Taipei	查某𡢃
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	查某𡢃仔
	Kaohsiung	查某𡢃
	Yilan	查某𡢃
	Changhua (Lukang)	查某𡢃
	Taichung	查某𡢃仔
	Tainan	查某𡢃仔
	Hsinchu	查某𡢃仔
	Kinmen	娘𡢃
	Penghu (Magong)	查某𡢃
	Manila (Hokkien)	番仔婆, 查某𡢃, 番婆
	Longyan	跤作, 跤作仔
	Shantou	赤跤囝, 花囝
	Leizhou	妹囝
	Haikou	儂囝
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	妹囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	妹崽, 丫鬟
Wu	Shanghai	丫頭, 使女
	Suzhou	丫頭
	Danyang	丫鬟
	Hangzhou	丫頭
	Ningbo	丫頭, 丫頭屄
	Wenzhou	細奶兒, 丫頭, 丫鬟
	Jinhua	囡女
Xiang	Changsha	丫鬟, 丫頭

Derived terms

小妮子 (xiǎonīzi)
蠻妮子／蛮妮子

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