# 妓女
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jìnǚ
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄋㄩˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gei$^6$ neoi$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei$^5$ nui$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî-ńg
* Eastern Min (BUC): gê-nṳ̄
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ki-lú / ki-lír / ki-lí / kī-lí / kī-lú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gi$^6$ neng$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ci-gniu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jìnǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄋㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jìnyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^4$-nü$^3$
*** Yale: jì-nyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihneu
*** Palladius: цзинюй (czinjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$妓女 繼女／继女
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^6$ neoi$^5$
*** Yale: geih néuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^6$ noey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^6$ nêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯²² nɵy̯¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gei$^5$ nui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei³² ⁿdui⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî-ńg
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˊ$ ng$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^1$ ng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴ ŋ̍³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gê-nṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /ki²⁴²⁻⁵³ nˡy³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-lú
*** Tâi-lô: ki-lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiluo
*** IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-lír
*** Tâi-lô: ki-lír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-lí
*** Tâi-lô: ki-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kilie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lí
*** Tâi-lô: kī-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kixlie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī-lú
*** Tâi-lô: kī-lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kixluo
*** IPA (Taipei): /ki³³⁻¹¹ lu⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gi$^6$ neng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kĭ nṳ́ng
*** Sinological IPA : /ki³⁵⁻¹¹ nɯŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ci-gniu
*** MiniDict: ci$^去$ nyu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$ji-nyy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

### Noun

妓女
* female prostitute
* (historical, obsolete) female performer (particularly in the court entertainments of China's dynastic period)

#### Synonyms

* (female prostitute):
* 先生 (xiānshēng) (archaic)
* 大先生 (Wu, dated)
* 娼妓 (chāngjì)
* 媌 (miáo)
* 小先生 ($^5$shiau-shi-san) (Wu, dated)
* 幺二 ($^1$iau-gni) (Wu, dated, inferior)
* 煙花女／烟花女 (yānhuānǚ)
* 神女 (shénnǚ) (euphemistic)
* 站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ) (euphemistic)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 妓女, 婊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 妓女, 雞 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 窯姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 婊子, 賣窯子的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 馬班子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 婊子, 娼婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 婊子, 窯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 婊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 婊子, 娼妓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 爛使, 皮旦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 賣屄人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 賣屄人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 妓女, 賣屄婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 賣屄人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 婊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 婊子, 姑娘 dated |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老舉, 野雞, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老舉, 妓女, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老舉, 妓女, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 老妓 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 老舉婆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 老契 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 老舉婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 老舉, 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 妓女, 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 妓女, 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 女妓 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 雞 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姑娘, 婊子, 雀子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 婊子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 婊子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 老舉, 老舉婆, 雞 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 雞婆, 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 菜店嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 菜店嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 婊子, 賣屄貨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 婊子, 窯子裡的 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 婊子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 妓嫲 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 妓嫲 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 婊子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 白面, 白面哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 白面哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 婊 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 做婊子 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 婊囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 婊囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 花娘 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 白面 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 趁食查某, 豆菜底 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 菜店查某, 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 菜店查某, 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 趁食查某, 相楗的 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 歹查某, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 婊仔, 樂洞, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 老妓 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 娼, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 花娘, 騷婆, 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 雞, 查某娼 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 妓女, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 老衍 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 娘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 娘囝, 娘 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 貨𨈘 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 貨𨈘 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 老舉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老妓婆, 婊子婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 婊子, 妓女, 煤餅 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 婊子, 野雞 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 婊子, 妓女 |
| Wu | Danyang | 婊子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 婊子, 妓女 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 花佬, 婊子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 大毛, 嬉老, 花兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 婊子, 娼婦 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 妓女 |

#### See also

* 妓人
* 妓男 (jìnán)
* 伎女 (jìnǚ)
* 男妓 (nánjì)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 妓 | 女 |
| ぎ Hyōgai | じょ Grade: 1 |
| goon | kan'on |
* Alternative spelling
* 伎女

### Etymology

/gidyo/ → /gizyo/ [gidʑo].

### Noun

妓(ぎ)女(じょ) • (gijo)
* (archaic) a female dancer trainer by the Imperial palace
* a female prostitute, generally also an entertainer

#### Synonyms

* (prostitute): See Thesaurus:娼婦

#### See also

* 内教坊(ないきょうぼう) (naikyōbō)