巾幗

See also: 巾帼

Chinese

		towel	cap worn by women; feminine
trad. (巾幗)		巾	幗
simp. (巾帼)		巾	帼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnguó

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ gwok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kun-kok / kin-kok
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹cin-koq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnguó
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinguó
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-kuo²
    • Yale: jīn-gwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingwo
    • Palladius: цзиньго (czinʹgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹ gwok³
    • Yale: gān gwok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ gwok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ guog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-kok
    • Tâi-lô: kun-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kunkog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³ kɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-kok
    • Tâi-lô: kin-kok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kinkog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹cin-koq
    • MiniDict: cin^平 koh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-koq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ koʔ²¹/

Noun

巾幗

1. (historical) woman's headdress
2. (metonymically) woman; women

Antonyms

• 鬚眉／须眉 (xūméi)

Derived terms

• 巾幗不讓鬚眉／巾帼不让须眉 (jīnguóbùràngxūméi)
• 巾幗英雄／巾帼英雄 (jīnguóyīngxióng)
• 巾幗鬚眉／巾帼须眉