# 淑女
## Chinese
### Etymology
#### “(female) pervert”

    Influenced by Japanese readaptation of the word in modern times.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shūnǚ, shúnǚ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ ㄋㄩˇ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): suk$^6$ neoi$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siok-lú / siok-lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sog$^4$ neng$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zoq-gniu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shūnǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ ㄋㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shunyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^1$-nü$^3$
*** Yale: shū-nyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuneu
*** Palladius: шунюй (šunjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shúnǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shúnyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^2$-nü$^3$
*** Yale: shú-nyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwuneu
*** Palladius: шунюй (šunjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$淑女 熟女
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: suk$^6$ neoi$^5$
*** Yale: suhk néuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: suk$^9$ noey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sug$^6$ nêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /sʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-lú
*** Tâi-lô: siok-lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siokluo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-lí
*** Tâi-lô: siok-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioklie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ li⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sog$^4$ neng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sok nṳ́ng
*** Sinological IPA : /sok̚²⁻⁴ nɯŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$zoq-gniu
*** MiniDict: zoh$^入$ nyu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$zoq-nyy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ¹¹ n̠ʲy²³/
* Middle Chinese: dzyuwk nrjoX
Rime :
| Character | 淑 | 女 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 殊六切 | 尼吕切 |
| Baxter | dzyuwk | nrjoX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑɨuk̚/ | /ɳɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiuk̚/ | /ɳiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑiuk̚/ | /niɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑuwk̚/ | /ɳɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiuk̚/ | /niɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭuk̚/ | /nĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʑi̯uk̚/ | /ni̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shú | nǚ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | suk$^6$ | neoi$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]iwk nraʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯwɢ naʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 淑 | 女 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shū | nǚ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzyuwk › | ‹ nrjo$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]iwk/ | /*nraʔ/ |
| English | fine, good | female |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 淑 | 女 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 11756 | 9616 |
| Phonetic component | 尗 | 女 |
| Rime group | 覺 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 熟 | |
| Old Chinese | /*ɦljɯwɢ/ | /*naʔ/ |

### Noun

淑女
* virtuous and beautiful woman; lady
    有淑女氣質／有淑女气质 ― yǒu shūnǚ qìzhì ― to have an aura of elegance
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎo qiú. [Pinyin]
    The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady: For our prince a good mate she.
* quiet girl
* (ACG, Internet slang, ironic) (female) pervert

#### Synonyms

* (pervert): 變態／变态 (biàntài), (male) 紳士／绅士 (shēnshì)

#### Derived terms

* 名門淑女／名门淑女 (míngménshūnǚ)
* 窈窕淑女 (yǎotiǎoshūnǚ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 淑(しゅく)女(じょ) (shukujo)
* → Korean: 숙녀(淑女) (sungnyeo)
* → Vietnamese: thục nữ (淑女)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 淑 | 女 |
| しゅく Grade: S | じょ Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しゅくじょ [shúꜜkùjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* (Tokyo) しゅくじょ [shùkúꜜjò] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [ɕɨkɯ̟ʑo̞]

### Noun

淑(しゅく)女(じょ) • (shukujo)
* lady
* (Internet slang, ironic) (female) pervert

#### Synonyms

* (male) 紳(しん)士(し) (shinshi)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 淑 | 女 |

### Noun

淑女 • (sungnyeo) (hangeul 숙녀)
* hanja form of 숙녀 (“lady”)