妖女

Chinese

		goblin; witch; devil goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom	female; woman; daughter
trad. (妖女)		妖	女
simp. #(妖女)		妖	女
anagram		女妖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāonǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² neoi⁵, jiu¹ neoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāonǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaonyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-nü³
    • Yale: yāu-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauneu
    • Palladius: яонюй (jaonjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu² neoi⁵, jiu¹ neoi⁵
    • Yale: yíu néuih, yīu néuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu² noey⁵, jiu¹ noey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu² nêu⁵, yiu¹ nêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵ nɵy̯¹³/, /jiːu̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³/

Noun

妖女

1. temptress; enchantress

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妖	女
よう Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

妖(よう)女(じょ) • (yōjo) 

1. siren, enchantress (dangerously seductive woman)