女高音

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	high pitch; high-pitched voice; treble
trad. (女高音)		女	高音
simp. #(女高音)		女	高音

Etymology

女 (female; woman) + 高音 (high pitch)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚgāoyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄍㄠ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ gou¹ jam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí-ko-im

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚgāoyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄍㄠ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔgaoyin
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-kao¹-yin¹
    • Yale: nyǔ-gāu-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neugauin
    • Palladius: нюйгаоинь (njujgaoinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ gou¹ jam¹
    • Yale: néuih gōu yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ gou¹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ gou¹ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ kou̯⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-ko-im
    • Tâi-lô: lí-ko-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'koi'ym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ko³³ im³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻²² im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ im⁴⁴/

Noun

女高音

1. soprano