無鹽女

Chinese

		(place name)	female; woman; daughter
trad. (無鹽女)		無鹽	女
simp. (无盐女)		无盐	女

Etymology

Named after Zhongli Chun (鍾離春／钟离春), also known as Zhong Wuyan (鍾無鹽／钟无盐), a famous ugly woman of the State of Qi in the Warring States period.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúyánnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶wu-yi-gniu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúyánnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúyánnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-yen²-nü³
  - Yale: wú-yán-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyanneu
  - Palladius: уяньнюй (ujanʹnjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ jɛn³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶wu-yi-gniu
  - MiniDict: wu^去 yi nyu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-hhi-nyy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² ɦi⁵⁵ n̠ʲy²¹/

Noun

無鹽女

(chiefly Wu) ugly woman

Synonyms

醜女／丑女 (chǒunǚ)
嫫母 (mómǔ)
(Cantonese) 豬扒／猪扒 (zhūpá)

See also

有事鍾無豔，無事夏迎春／有事钟无艳，无事夏迎春 (yǒushì Zhōng Wúyàn, wúshì Xià Yíngchūn) (another idiom originated from the same person)

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