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

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

"Plain Girl," a goddess from Chinese mythology, supposedly contemporaneous with the Yellow Emperor
Chang'e
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)

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