# 織女
## Chinese

* 織女 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 織女 (星官) (Written Standard Chinese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhīnǚ
    (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄋㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zik$^1$ neoi$^{5-2}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ziit$^6$ nyy$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳt-ńg
* Jin (Wiktionary): zeh$^4$ ny$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit-lú / chit-lír / chit-lí
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhīnǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄋㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhihnyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^1$-nü$^3$
*** Yale: jr̄-nyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyneu
*** Palladius: чжинюй (čžinjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zik$^1$ neoi$^{5-2}$
*** Yale: jīk néui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzik$^7$ noey$^{5-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jig$^1$ nêu$^{5-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪk̚⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ziit$^6$ nyy$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɨt̚⁵ n̠ʲy²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳt-ńg
*** Hakka Romanization System: ziid$^ˋ$ ng$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zid$^5$ ng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨt̚² ŋ̍³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zeh$^4$ ny$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡səʔ²⁻⁴⁵ ny⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Magong, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-lú
*** Tâi-lô: tsit-lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: citluo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-lír
*** Tâi-lô: tsit-lír
*** IPA (Lukang): /t͡sit̚⁵ lɨ⁵⁵/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵⁴ lɯ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Hsinchu, Hongmaogang, Dalinpu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit-lí
*** Tâi-lô: tsit-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: citlie
*** IPA (Tainan): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Hongmaogang, Dalinpu): /t͡sit̚³¹⁻⁵ li⁵¹/
*** IPA (Yilan): /t͡sit̚²⁻⁵ li⁵³/

### Noun

織女
* (dated) weaving girl; weaver girl

### Proper noun

織女
* (Chinese mythology) Zhinü, the weaver girl; see The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd
* (～星) (uranography) Weaving Girl, an asterism in the Chinese constellation Ox

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 織女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 織女 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 七姐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 織女, 七姐 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 七娘媽 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 七娘媽 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 七娘媽 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 七娘媽 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 七娘媽 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 七娘媽 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 七娘媽 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 織女星, 織女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 織女星 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 七娘媽星 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 織女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 織女, 七娘媽星 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 織女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 織女 |

#### Derived terms

* 牛郎織女／牛郎织女
* 牽牛織女／牵牛织女
* 織女一／织女一 (Zhīnǚyī)
* 織女星／织女星 (Zhīnǚxīng)