yo女
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Contents
1
Chinese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Verb
1.3.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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]
outgoing
;
sociable
female; woman; daughter
trad.
(
yo女
)
yo
女
simp.
#
(
yo女
)
yo
女
Etymology
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]
From
English
yo
+
女
(“girl”), referring to how young males try to act cool when greeting girls.
Pronunciation
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]
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
jou
1
neoi
5-2
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
jou
1
neoi
5-2
Yale
:
y
ō
u néui
Cantonese Pinyin
:
jou
1
noey
5-2
Guangdong Romanization
:
you
1
nêu
5-2
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jou̯
⁵⁵
nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Verb
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]
yo女
(
Cantonese
,
slang
)
to
hook up
with
girls
; to
chat up
girls; to
flirt
with girls
Synonyms
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]
Dialectal synonyms of
泡妞
(“to pick up a girl; to chase after a girl; to hit on a girl”)
[map]
Variety
Location
Words
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Mandarin
Beijing
泡妞
,
拍婆子
dated
Taiwan
泡妞
,
泡馬子
,
撩妹
,
把妹
,
把馬子
Singapore
泡妞
Cantonese
Guangzhou
溝女
Hong Kong
溝女
,
𠝹女
,
yo女
Southern Min
Taipei
奅
查某
GT
,
奅
姼仔
GT
Shantou
釣女
Note
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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