商女

Chinese

		commerce; consult	female; woman; daughter
trad. (商女)		商	女
simp. #(商女)		商	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāngnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ neoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāngnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shangnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shang¹-nü³
    • Yale: shāng-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shangneu
    • Palladius: шаннюй (šannjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ neoi⁵
    • Yale: sēung néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: syang nrjoX

Rime
Character	商	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式羊切	尼吕切
Baxter	syang	nrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨɐŋ/	/ɳɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɐŋ/	/ɳiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɑŋ/	/niɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨaŋ/	/ɳɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɕiaŋ/	/niɔX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭaŋ/	/nĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯aŋ/	/ni̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shāng	nǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng1	neoi5

Noun

商女

1. female singer