# 阿女
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): aa$^3$ neoi$^{5-2}$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aa$^3$ neoi$^{5-2}$
*** Yale: a néui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aa$^3$ noey$^{5-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: a$^3$ nêu$^{5-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /aː³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

### Noun

阿女
* (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) daughter
       aa$^3$ neoi$^{5-2}$, sik$^6$ faan$^6$ laa$^3$! [Jyutping]
       My girl, dinner is ready!
       mou$^5$ gin$^3$ jat$^1$ paai$^4$, aa$^3$ neoi$^{5-2}$ jau$^6$ gou$^1$ zo$^2$ wo$^3$! [Jyutping]
       I haven't seen your daughter for a while and she looks taller again!

#### Usage notes

In Hong Kong Cantonese, it is usually used by parents as an endearing name or by others to refer to someone else's daughter.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 女 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 女兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 女兒, 女花兒, 閨女, 姑娘, 丫頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 女兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 閨妮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 女兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 女兒, 姑娘, 閨女, 閨娘, 丫頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 姑娘, 丫頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 女兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 女兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 女兒, 閨女, 小棉襖 humorous |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 閨女 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 閨女 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 閨女 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 閨女 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 閨女 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 閨女, 嫚兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 閨女兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 閨女 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 閨女, 丫頭, 嫚兒, 識字班 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 閨女 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 閨娘, 閨娘子, 女兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 閨女 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 閨女 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 閨女, 嫚姑子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 閨女, 嫚兒, 嫚兒姑子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 閨女 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 閨女 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 閨女 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 閨女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 妮兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 女子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 閨女, 妞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 女, 女兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 姑娘, 丫頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 女兒, 閨女 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 女兒, 姑娘兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 女兒, 丫頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 丫頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 女兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 女兒, 丫頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 女兒, 女, 姑娘兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 姑娘, 丫頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 姑娘, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 幺女, 幺姑娘, 小丫頭, 小姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 囡兒, 姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 女兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 女, 丫頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Sanjiang (Danzhou) | 妹崽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 女兒, 姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 女兒, 姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 丫頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 女兒, 丫頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 女兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 女, 女女, 阿女 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 女, 妹仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 阿女 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 阿女 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 女 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 女 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 女 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 女 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 阿女 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 女 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 女 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 妹仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 女 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 女 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 女 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 女 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 女 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 女 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 女 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 女 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 女 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 女 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 桓仔, 妹仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 女 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 女 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 康女兒, 夫娘儂 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 女 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 女 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 女 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 女 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 女 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 女 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 女 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 女 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 女 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 女 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 女, 妹仔 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 女 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 女 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 女 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 女 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 女 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 女, 姑娘 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 女 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 女, 妹仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 妹仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 妹哩 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 妹兒, 女 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 阿女 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 妹仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 妹主 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 妹主 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 妹哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 妹哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 妹哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 妹哩 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 阿女 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 妹仔 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 女 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 妹 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 妹仔, 阿女 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 阿女 |
| Hakka | Changting | 妹子, 女 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 女哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 妹子娘 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 女 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 女, 女子 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 女 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 女, 女子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 女 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 女 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 女 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 女哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 妹仔, 妹子 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 妹仔, 妹子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 妹仔, 妹子 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 妹, 妹子, 細妹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 妹仔, 妹子 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿女 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 女 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 女 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 女 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 女 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 女 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 女子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 妹𧊅, 女子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 女 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 女 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 女 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 女 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 妹 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 妹哩 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 妹 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 妹子 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 妹子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 女 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 女 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 囡, 囡囝 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 囡兒 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 囡兒 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 女, 女兒 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 女, 女兒, 囡 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 女崽 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 𡚴姑 |
| Huizhou | Jingde | 女伲 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 女兒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 閨女, 姑娘, 妮子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 閨女, 女子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 閨女 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 閨女, 女子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 閨女 |
| Jin | Handan | 閨女 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 阿娘囝 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 娘囝 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 阿娘囝 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 阿娘囝 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 娘囝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 阿娘囝 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 阿娘囝 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 阿娘囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 諸娘囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 諸娘囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 諸娘囝 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 諸娘囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 諸娘囝 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 諸娘囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 諸娘囝 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 諸母囝 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 諸母囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 諸娘囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 諸母囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 諸娘囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 查某囝, 查某仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 查某仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 查某仔, 灶雞 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 查某仔 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 查某囝, 查某仔 Xiazhai, Jiufeng, Luxi |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 查某仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 查囝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 查某囡仔, 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 查某囝, 查某仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 查某仔, 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 查某仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 查某仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 查某仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 阿使 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 女 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 走囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 走囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 走囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 走囝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 走囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 走囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 查某囝, 走囝 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 查某囝, 走囝 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 查某囝, 查囝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 查某囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 嬸娘囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 子囝 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 娘囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 中母囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 女 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 女 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 女 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 女 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 女 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 女 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 女 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 妹仔 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 女 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 女 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 女 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 女 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 女 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 女 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 女 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 囡兒, 囡 dated, 囡兒大細 dated, 小鬼丫頭 endearing |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 丫頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 囡兒 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 囡兒 |
| Wu | Danyang | 女兒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 女兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 囡 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 奶兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 囡兒, 囡, 女兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 女, 妹子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 女, 妹唧 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 女 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 女 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 女崽 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 女 |