童女

Chinese

		boy; child; children	female; woman; daughter
trad. (童女)		童	女
simp. #(童女)		童	女
anagram		女童

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ neoi⁵, tung⁴ neoi^5-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-ńg
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-lú / tông-lí / tông-lír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-nü³
    • Yale: túng-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngneu
    • Palladius: туннюй (tunnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ neoi⁵, tung⁴ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: tùhng néuih, tùhng néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ noey⁵, tung⁴ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ nêu⁵, tung⁴ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ nɵy̯¹³/, /tʰʊŋ²¹ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-ńg
    • Hakka Romanization System: tungˇ ng`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung² ng³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-lú
    • Tâi-lô: tông-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongluo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ lu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tông-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: donglie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-lír
    • Tâi-lô: tông-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² lɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

童女

1. girl (female child)
2. female virgin

   聰明童女，愚拙童女 [MSC, trad.]
   聪明童女，愚拙童女 [MSC, simp.]

   cōngmíng tóngnǚ, yúzhuō tóngnǚ [Pinyin]

   wise virgins, foolish virgins

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 處女 (“female virgin; maiden”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		處女, 處子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		處女, 黃花閨女, 童貞女, 童女
Mandarin	Beijing	黃花女兒
	Taiwan	處女
	Harbin	黃花兒閨女, 黃花閨女
	Wuhan	黃花幼女
	Singapore	處女
Cantonese	Guangzhou	褸𩬎妹
	Hong Kong	處女, 黃花閨女
Gan	Nanchang	黃花閨女
	Pingxiang	黃花女
Hakka	Meixian	黃花女
Northern Min	Jian'ou	阿娘囝仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	在室女
	Quanzhou	在室女
	Zhangzhou	在室女, 儂厝查某仔
	Tainan	在室女
	Singapore (Hokkien)	在室女
	Manila (Hokkien)	在室女
	Longyan	在室女
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	紅花女
	Leizhou	包紅, 家內女
Wu	Shanghai	黃花閨女
	Suzhou	黃花閨女
Xiang	Changsha	紅花女, 紅花姑娘, 紅花妹子
	Loudi	黃花女

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
童	女
どう Grade: 3	にょ Grade: 1
kan’yōon	goon

Kanji in this term
童	女
どう Grade: 3	じょ Grade: 1
kan’yōon	kan’on

Chinese 童女 (tóngnǚ)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ど​ーじょ [dóꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːʑo̞]
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːɲ̟o̞]

Noun

童(どう)女(じょ) • (dōjo) ^{←どうぢょ (doudyo)?}
童(どう)女(にょ) • (dōnyo) 

1. (uncommon) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)

   Antonym: 童男 (dōnan)

   Hypernym: 童子 (dōjo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
童	女
わらわ Grade: 3	め Grade: 1
kun’yomi

童 (“child”) +‎ 女 (“female”)

Noun

童(わらわ)女(め) • (warawame) ^{←わらはめ (warafame)?}

1. (archaic) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)