# 女性
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nǚxìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi$^5$ sing$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lú-sèng / lír-sèng / lí-sèng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): neng$^2$ sên$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gniu-shin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǚxìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔsìng
*** Wade–Giles: nü$^3$-hsing$^4$
*** Yale: nyǔ-syìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neushinq
*** Palladius: нюйсин (njujsin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: neoi$^5$ sing$^3$
*** Yale: néuih sing
*** Cantonese Pinyin: noey$^5$ sing$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nêu$^5$ xing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɵy̯¹³ sɪŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-sèng
*** Tâi-lô: lú-sìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lwsexng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-sèng
*** Tâi-lô: lír-sìng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-sèng
*** Tâi-lô: lí-sìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lysexng
*** IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: neng$^2$ sên$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng sèⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ sẽ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gniu-shin
*** MiniDict: nyu$^去$ shin
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyy-xin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²² ɕin⁴⁴/

### Noun

女性
* (often attributive) the female sex; female
    女性衛生用品／女性卫生用品 ― nǚxìng wèishēng yòngpǐn ― feminine hygiene products
* woman; female
    月經期女性／月经期女性 ― yuèjīngqī nǚxìng ― menstruating women

#### Antonyms

* 男性 (nánxìng)

#### Derived terms

* 女性主義／女性主义 (nǚxìng zhǔyì)
* 女性化 (nǚxìnghuà)
* 女性學／女性学 (nǚxìngxué)
* 女性歇斯底里 (nǚxìng xiēsīdǐlǐ)
* 女性生殖器切割 (nǚxìng shēngzhíqì qiēgē)
* 女性研究 (nǚxìng yánjiū)
* 女性貶抑／女性贬抑
* 女性避孕套 (nǚxìng bìyùntào)

#### See also

* 婦女／妇女 (fùnǚ)
* 女的 (nǚde)
* 女人 (nǚrén)
* 女子 (nǚzǐ)
* 女生 (nǚshēng)
* 女孩 (nǚhái)
* 女孩子 (nǚháizi)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 性 |
| じょ Grade: 1 | せい Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||
Spelling repurposed from nyoshō below during the Meiji period (1868–1912), using the relatively newer kan'on readings of the characters.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じょせー [jòséé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [d͡ʑo̞se̞ː]

#### Noun

女(じょ)性(せい) • (josei) (counter 人)
* a woman (adult female person)
** 1993 December 15 [1990 March 25], Sasaki, Noriko, 動(どう)物(ぶつ)のお医(い)者(しゃ)さん [The Veterinarian], 36th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 19:
    年(とし)頃(ごろ)の女(じょ)性(せい)が自(じ)分(ぶん)の腸(ちょう)なんか見(み)ていていいのだろうか
       Toshigoro no josei ga jibun no chō nan ka mite ite ii no darō ka
       Is it okay for a woman of marriageable age to stare at her own guts?
** 1999 August 26, “誕(たん)生(じょう)の天(てん)使(し) [Angel of Birth]”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami:
    女(じょ)性(せい)のおなかに命(いのち)が宿(やど)った事(こと)を知(し)らせてくれると言(い)われている。
       Josei no onaka ni inochi ga yadotta koto o shirasete kureru to iwarete iru.
       Legend has it that it can tell you when a woman gets with child.
** 2000 January 27, “アルラウネ [Alraune]”, in Vol.7, Konami:
    花(はな)の中(なか)の女(じょ)性(せい)が毒(どく)花(か)粉(ふん)をまき散(ち)らす。近(ちか)づいてはいけない。
       Hana no naka no josei ga doku kafun o makichirasu. Chikazuite wa ikenai.
       A flower-dwelling woman who spreads poisonous pollen. Never get anywhere near her.
** 2015 March 10 [2014 December 10], Yūji Shiozaki, “第百五拾参話 [Chapter 153]”, in 一騎当千 [One vs. Thousands], 2nd edition, volume 23 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books:これで興(こう)福(ふく)寺(じ)学園を処分する理由が出来ました　多勢で一人の女性を暴行した罪は重く…その償いは死Kore de Kōfukuji Gakuen o shobun suru riyū ga dekimashita Tazei de hitori no josei o bōkō shita tsumi wa omoku… Sono tsugunai wa shiI now have a justification to dispose of Kōfukuji Academy. Ganging up on a lone woman, that shall not go unpunished… And the punishment is death.
* (biology, grammar) the feminine gender

##### Synonyms

* 女(おんな)の人(ひと) (onna no hito): woman
* 女(おんな) (onna): woman

##### Antonyms

* 男(おとこ)の人(ひと) (otoko no hito): man
* 男(おとこ) (otoko): man
* 男(だん)性(せい) (dansei): male; man

##### See also

* 性(せい)別(べつ) (seibetsu): biological gender
* 性(せい) (sei): grammatical gender
* 子(こ)供(ども) (kodomo): child; children
* 少(しょう)女(じょ) (shōjo): young girl
* 少(しょう)年(ねん) (shōnen): young boy
* 青(せい)年(ねん) (seinen): young man

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 性 |
| にょ Grade: 1 | しょう Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 女性 (MC nrjoX sjengH, “woman; female + character; gender”). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing.
Largely superseded in everyday Japanese by josei above.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) にょしょー [nyòshóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɲ̟o̞ɕo̞ː]

#### Noun

女(にょ)性(しょう) • (nyoshō)
* (rare, dated) a woman

##### Synonyms

* 婦(ふ)人(じん) (fujin): woman

### References

* 1 2 3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 女 | 性 |

### Noun

女性 • (yeoseong) (hangeul 여성)
* hanja form of 여성 (“woman”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 女 | 性 |

### Adjective

女性
* chữ Hán form of nữ tính (“feminine”).