# 童女
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóngnǚ
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tung$^4$ neoi$^5$ / tung$^4$ neoi$^{5-2}$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-ńg
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-lú / tông-lí / tông-lír
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tóngnǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tóngnyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: tʻung$^2$-nü$^3$
*** Yale: túng-nyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngneu
*** Palladius: туннюй (tunnjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tung$^4$ neoi$^5$ / tung$^4$ neoi$^{5-2}$
*** Yale: tùhng néuih / tùhng néui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tung$^4$ noey$^5$ / tung$^4$ noey$^{5-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tung$^4$ nêu$^5$ / tung$^4$ nêu$^{5-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ²¹ nɵy̯¹³/, /tʰʊŋ²¹ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-ńg
*** Hakka Romanization System: tung$^ˇ$ ng$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tung$^2$ ng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ ŋ̍³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-lú
*** Tâi-lô: tông-lú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongluo
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ lu⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-lí
*** Tâi-lô: tông-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: donglie
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² li⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-lír
*** Tâi-lô: tông-lír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² lɯ⁵⁵⁴/

### Noun

童女
* girl (female child)
* female virgin
       cōngmíng tóngnǚ, yúzhuō tóngnǚ [Pinyin]
       wise virgins, foolish virgins

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 處女, 處子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 處女, 黃花閨女, 童貞女, 童女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 黃花女兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 處女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 黃花兒閨女, 黃花閨女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 處女 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 黃花幼女 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 褸𩬎妹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 處女, 黃花閨女 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 黃花閨女 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 黃花女 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 黃花女 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 人家女 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 人家女 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 阿娘囝仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 在室女, 儂厝查某仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 紅花女 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Sidu) | 紅花 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang) | 查某囝仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping) | 紅花女 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 在織女 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 在織女 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 在織女, 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 在室的 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 在室女 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 處女 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 紅花女 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 包紅, 家內女 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 黃花閨女 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 黃花閨女 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 真院主 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 紅花女, 紅花姑娘, 紅花妹子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 黃花女 |

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 童 | 女 |
| どう Grade: 3 | にょ Grade: 1 |
| kan'yōon | goon |
Kanji in this term :
| 童 | 女 |
| どう Grade: 3 | じょ Grade: 1 |
| kan'yōon | kan'on |
Chinese 童女 (tóngnǚ)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) どーじょ [dóꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [do̞ːʑo̞]
* IPA: [do̞ːɲ̟o̞]

#### Noun

童(どう)女(じょ) • (dōjo) 童(どう)女(にょ) • (dōnyo)
* (uncommon) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)
    Antonym: 童男 (dōnan)
    Hypernym: 童子 (dōjo)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 童 | 女 |
| わらわ Grade: 3 | め Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
童 (“child”) +‎ 女 (“female”)

#### Noun

童(わらわ)女(め) • (warawame)
* (archaic) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, “young girl”)