# 童貞女
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóngzhēnnǚ
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄣ ㄋㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tung$^4$ zing$^1$ neoi$^{5-2}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-chṳ̂n-ńg
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-cheng-lí
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tóngzhēnnǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄣ ㄋㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tóngjhennyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: tʻung$^2$-chên$^1$-nü$^3$
*** Yale: túng-jēn-nyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngjenneu
*** Palladius: тунчжэньнюй (tunčžɛnʹnjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tung$^4$ zing$^1$ neoi$^{5-2}$
*** Yale: tùhng jīng néui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tung$^4$ dzing$^1$ noey$^{5-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tung$^4$ jing$^1$ nêu$^{5-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-chṳ̂n-ńg
*** Hakka Romanization System: tung$^ˇ$ ziin$^ˊ$ ng$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tung$^2$ zin$^1$ ng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sɨn²⁴ ŋ̍³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-cheng-lí
*** Tâi-lô: tông-tsing-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongzenglie
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/

### Noun

童貞女
* female virgin
    童貞女馬利亞／童贞女马利亚 ― Tóngzhēnnǚ Mǎlìyà ― the Virgin Mary

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 處女, 處子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 處女, 黃花閨女, 童貞女, 童女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 黃花女兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 處女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 黃花兒閨女, 黃花閨女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 處女 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 黃花幼女 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 褸𩬎妹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 處女, 黃花閨女 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 黃花閨女 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 黃花女 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 黃花女 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 人家女 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 阿娘囝仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 在室女, 儂厝查某仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 紅花女 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Sidu) | 紅花 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang) | 查某囝仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping) | 紅花女 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 在織女 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 在織女 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 在織女, 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 在室的 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 處女 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 紅花女 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 包紅, 家內女 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 黃花閨女 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 黃花閨女 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 真院主 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 紅花女, 紅花姑娘, 紅花妹子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 黃花女 |

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 동정녀(童貞女) (dongjeongnyeo)