# 女子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): nǚzǐ
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nü$^3$ zi$^3$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): nǜzi
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нүзы (nüzɨ, II-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi$^5$ zi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-chṳ́
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lú-chú / lú-chír / lí-chú / lír-chír
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǚzǐ [Phonetic: nǘzǐ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: nü$^3$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: nyǔ-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neutzyy
*** Palladius: нюйцзы (njujczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nü$^3$ zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lyz
*** Sinological IPA : /ny⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: nǜzi
*** Sinological IPA : /ny⁵³ t͡sz̩/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нүзы (nüzɨ, II-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ny⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: neoi$^5$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: néuih jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: noey$^5$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nêu$^5$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɵy̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: ng$^ˋ$ zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ng$^3$ zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-chú
*** Tâi-lô: lú-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lwzuo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-chír
*** Tâi-lô: lú-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-chú
*** Tâi-lô: lí-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lyzuo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-chír
*** Tâi-lô: lír-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
* Middle Chinese: nrjoX tsiX
Rime :
| Character | 女 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 尼吕切 | 即里切 |
| Baxter | nrjoX | tsiX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɳɨʌ$^X$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɳiɔ$^X$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /niɔ$^X$/ | /t͡sie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɳɨə̆$^X$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /niɔ$^X$/ | /t͡siə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /nĭo$^X$/ | /t͡sĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ni̯wo$^X$/ | /t͡si$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nǚ | zǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | neoi$^5$ | zi$^2$ |

### Noun

女子
* (formal) woman; female (Classifier: 名 m; 個／个 m)
    畫中女子／画中女子 ― huà zhōng nǚzǐ ― the woman in the painting
    女子籃球／女子篮球 ― nǚzǐ lánqiú ― women's basketball
* (literary or Wanrong Mandarin, Dungan, Jiangxi Hakka) daughter
* (literary) virgin girl
* (Xi'an Mandarin, Waxiang) girl

#### Synonyms

* (woman):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 女, 女子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 女子, 女士, 女人, 女生, 女性, 婦女, 婦人, 陰人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 女的, 娘們兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 女人, 女生 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 女的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 女性 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 女的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 女的, 婦女, 女子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 女的, 婦女, 婦道人家, 女性 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 女人, 女的, 婦女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 女人, 女的, 婦女, 婦道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 女人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 女人 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 女的, 娘們兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 女的, 女人, 婦道人家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 女的, 老娘兒們兒, 婦道人家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 女人, 女的, 老娘兒們, 娘兒們, 堂客兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 女的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 女人, 女的, 娘們兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 女人 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 女人, 女的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 女人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 女嘞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 女人家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 娘兒們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 娘兒們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 女人, 女的, 女人家, 婦女, 婦道人家, 婆娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 女人, 女人家, 女的, 婦道人, 婆娘們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 女人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 女人, 女的, 娘們兒, 婦道人家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 女人, 婆姨, 婆娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 女人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 女人, 婦女, 婆姨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 女人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 女人, 女的, 婆娘們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 女人, 女人家, 女的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 女的, 女人, 婆娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 女人, 堂客, 女的, 婆娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 女的, 女人, 女將, 姑娘婆婆, 女人家, 婦道人家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 女人, 女的, 婦道人家, 婆娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 女人, 女的, 婦女, 婦道人家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 女人, 女人家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 女人, 女的, 女人家, 女人婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 女人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 女人, 女的, 婦道人家 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 女人家, 婦道人家, 堂客 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 女的, 女將, 女人家 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 女人家, 女的 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 女的, 女人, 奶奶們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 女將 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 婆娘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女人, 婆乸, 堂客 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 女人, 婆乸 derogatory |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 婦娘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 婦娘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 女人, 婦娘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 女人, 婦娘 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 女人, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 女人, 老婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 女人, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 女人, 老婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 女人, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 女人, 老婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 女人, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 女人, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 女人, 老婆乸, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 女人, 老婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 女人, 老婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 女人, 夫娘 married, 大姊 unmarried, 娘仔 unmarried |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 妹仔, 夫娘 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 女人, 女人婆, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 女人, 女人婆 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 女人, 婦娘人 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 女人, 女人婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 女人, 女人婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 女人, 娘嫲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 女人, 婆 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 女人 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 女人, 女個 |
| Gan | Pengze | 女人 |
| Gan | Poyang | 女個 |
| Gan | Yugan | 女個 |
| Gan | Wannian | 女個 |
| Gan | Yiyang, Jiangxi | 女客 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 廂子 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 小娘子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 女客 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 女人, 女人家 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 女個, 婦人家, 妹仔人, 大細姑 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 婦人家 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 婦女人, 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 婦人家, 婦道人家, 婦娘哩, 妹哩人 unmarried |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 女哩 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 女子人 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 婦娘嫲 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 婦娘嫲 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 女仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Changting | 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 婦娘子人 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 婦人家 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 婦人家 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 婦人畬 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 婦人畬 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 女子人 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 婦娘人, 婆太客 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 妹子人 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 婦娘子 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 婦人人 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細妹人, 婦人家, 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細妹人, 婦人家 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 細妹人, 婦人家, 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 細妹人, 婦人家 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 細妹人, 婦人家, 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 妹子人, 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 婦娘婆 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 婦女 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 婦娘嫲 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 婦娘嫲 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 婦娘婆 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 婦娘婆 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 女子, 婦女 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 婦娘婆 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Senai (Hepo) | 妹仔 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 女人家 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 婦女 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 女客 |
| Huizhou | Chun'an (Qiandaohu) | 女客, 女家 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Meicheng) | 女人家 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Shouchang) | 內客 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 女人, 女的, 女人家, 娘們兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 婆姨們, 婦道人家, 女人家 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 女人, 女的, 女人家, 婦道人家 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 女人 |
| Jin | Linhe | 女人家, 女人, 女的 |
| Jin | Jining | 女人 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 女人, 婦女, 婦道人家 |
| Jin | Baotou | 女人 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 女人 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 女人 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 女人家, 女的, 婦女 |
| Jin | Handan | 女人, 女的, 娘們 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 阿娘人, 阿娘, 婦女人 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 阿娘人, 阿娘 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 阿娘 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 阿娘 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 阿娘客 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 阿娘 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 阿娘 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 阿娘人, 阿娘 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 諸娘儂, 女界, 女子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 女界, 諸娘儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 諸娘儂 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 諸娘儂 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 諸娘儂 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 諸娘儂, 婦女儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 諸娘儂, 諸娘 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 諸母 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 諸母儂 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 婦女儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 諸母儂 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 諸娘 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 查某, 查某儂, 婦人儂, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘儂 dated |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 查某, 查某儂, 婦人儂, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘儂 dated |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 查某, 查某儂, 諸娘, 諸娘儂 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 查某, 查某儂, 婦人儂, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘儂 dated |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 查某個 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 查某個 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 查某, 查某儂, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘儂 dated |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 查某, 查某儂, 女個, 諸娘 obsolete |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 諸母儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 女儂, 查某儂 married, 妹仔儂 married |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Pingtian) | 女儂 |
| Southern Min | Cangnan | 查某儂, 查某 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 諸娘 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 諸娘 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 諸娘 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 查某, 諸娘儂 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 諸娘, 諸娘儂, 查某 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Teochew) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 查某, 諸娘 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 查某, 婆姩 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 查某, 婆姩 middle-aged and elderly, 婆姩儂 middle-aged and elderly |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 查某 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 嬸娘, 嬸娘儂, 婦女 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 嬸娘, 婦女 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 嬸娘 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 嬸娘, 嬸娘儂 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 嬸娘, 小娘儂, 諸娘儂, 小娘, 弱姆, 婦女 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 弱姆, 小娘 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 小娘, 婦女, 婦女儂 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 查某儂 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 阿娘倽 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 阿娘倽 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 阿娘倽 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 女人 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 總母 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 女儂, 查某 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 女人, 女人婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Xinxu) | 女人 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 女人, 女個 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 女人 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 女人 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 女人 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 女人 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 女人 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 女人 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 女人 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 女人 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 女人 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 女人 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 女人 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 婦娘 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 婦娘人 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 女家 married, 姑娘家 married |
| Wu | Shanghai | 女人, 女個, 女人家 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 女人, 女個, 女客, 女客家 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 女人 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 女人家 |
| Wu | Jiashan | 女人 |
| Wu | Pinghu | 女人 |
| Wu | Haining (Yanguan) | 女客, 女人家 |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 女人家 |
| Wu | Danyang | 女個, 女個家 |
| Wu | Huzhou | 女人家 |
| Wu | Changxing | 女人家 |
| Wu | Anji | 女人家 |
| Wu | Deqing | 女人家 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 女人家 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 女人家 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Lin'an) | 女人, 女人家 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) | 女人 |
| Wu | Tonglu | 女人, 女人家 |
| Wu | Tonglu (Wusheng) | 女人, 老娘 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 女人 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 女人 |
| Wu | Shengzhou | 女人, 內客人 |
| Wu | Xinchang | 女人家, 女客人 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 女人, 女人家 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 女人 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Fenghua) | 女人, 女人頭 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 女人 |
| Wu | Cixi | 女人 |
| Wu | Xiangshan | 女人, 老女爿 |
| Wu | Ninghai | 女人, 內家 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 女人, 女客人 |
| Wu | Tiantai | 女人, 女客 |
| Wu | Xianju | 老孺人, 大娘 |
| Wu | Sanmen | 女人, 老孺人 |
| Wu | Linhai | 女人, 女客人 |
| Wu | Wenling | 老孺人 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 女個, 老人客, 老安人客, 院主兒 |
| Wu | Yueqing | 女個, 老人客 |
| Wu | Yongjia (Fenglin) | 老人客, 女個 |
| Wu | Rui'an | 老人客, 女個 |
| Wu | Pingyang | 女個, 老人客 |
| Wu | Taishun | 婦道人, 女介 |
| Wu | Wencheng | 老人客, 女個 |
| Wu | Lishui | 院主客 |
| Wu | Qingtian | 女個, 老人客 |
| Wu | Jinyun | 女客人, 女子人 |
| Wu | Wuyi (Liucheng) | 院主客 |
| Wu | Songyang (Xiping) | 院主客, 女個 |
| Wu | Yunhe | 院主客 |
| Wu | Jingning | 院主客 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | 奶儂, 宅眷客 |
| Wu | Longquan | 宅眷, 宅眷客 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 女子 |
| Wu | Suichang | 囡兒儂, 女介 |
| Wu | Jiangshan | 女子 |
| Wu | Changshan | 小娘兒 |
| Wu | Kaihua | 小娘家 |
| Wu | Longyou | 女子, 女主家 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 女個, 女人家 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 孺人家, 女子 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 內家 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 內家儂, 內客儂 |
| Wu | Pujiang | 女客 |
| Wu | Wuyi | 內客儂 |
| Wu | Lanxi | 孺人家 |
| Wu | Shangrao | 女人 |
| Wu | Shangrao (Guangfeng) | 女家, 堂客 |
| Wu | Yushan | 婦女 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 女的, 女人家, 堂客, 堂客們 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 女人家 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 女人家, 堂客們 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 堂客 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 婦女 |
* (daughter):
| 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 |
* (girl):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 女孩, 女孩子, 女童 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 女孩兒, 小女孩兒, 小姑娘, 小閨女, 小丫頭, 妞兒, 小妞兒, 女花兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 女孩, 女孩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 女孩子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 閨女兒, 小妮兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 小閨女 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 閨女, 妮兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 妮子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 識字班 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小閨女兒, 小妮兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 小閨女 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 閨女, 小嫚兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 小嫚兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 小閨女子兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 閨女 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 閨女 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 小閨女, 小閨妮兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 女孩兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 女子娃, 女子, 女娃子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 女娃子, 女娃兒, 女娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 女伢, 姑娘, 姑娘伢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 女把爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 妹崽家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 小姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 小姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 小姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 小姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 女霞子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 姑娘, 丫頭, 外家裡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 丫頭 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 女子崽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女仔, 細路女 child, 姑娘仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 女仔, 細路女 child, 姑娘仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 女仔, 細路女 child, 細民女 child |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 女仔, 細佬女 child, 細民女 child |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 婦娘妹 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 妹仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 妹仔兒 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 女仔, 妹仔 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 妹, 妹仔 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 女仔, 妹仔, 妹丁 |
| Cantonese | Dongxing | 妹仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 女仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 女仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 女崽子 |
| Gan | Pengze | 女妹 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 細妹哩, 賠錢貨 † |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 女仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿僬妹仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 僬妹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老妹仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 女仔, 僬妹仔 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 細妹子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 妹仔 |
| Hakka | Changting | 細妹子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 細妹子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 細妹子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 妹子人 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 女子薩 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 女客子, 細女子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 細女女子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 細妹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 細妹仔, 細妹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 妹子, 妹子人 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 妮子, 女娃娃 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 阿娘囝仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 諸娘囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 諸娘囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 查某囡仔, 查某嬰 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 查囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 諸娘囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 諸娘囝, 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 諸娘囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 諸娘囝 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 查某囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 查某囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 查某囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 嬸娘囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 嬸娘囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 嬸娘囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 嬸娘囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 小娘囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 小娘囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 小娘囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 女囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 姑娘 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 女子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 女小囡, 小鬼丫頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 丫頭, 小娘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小娘兒, 女小干 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小娘, 小娘屄, 小娘頭, 娘子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 女兒, 媛子兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 妹子, 細妹子, 妹伢子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 妹唧, 細妹唧 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 妹唧 |
| Note | † - derogatory | † - derogatory |

#### Antonyms

* 男子 (nánzǐ)

#### Derived terms

* 兒女子 / 儿女子
* 兒女子語 / 儿女子语
* 吹簫女子 / 吹箫女子
* 女子參政主義 / 女子参政主义
* 女子國 / 女子国
* 女子子 (nǚzǐzǐ)
* 女子教育
* 女子文戲 / 女子文戏
* 女子無才便是德 / 女子无才便是德 (nǚzǐ wú cái biàn shì dé)
* 女子組合 / 女子组合 (nǚzǐ zǔhé)
* 女足 (nǚzú)
* 嫩婦女子 / 嫩妇女子
* 小女子 (xiǎonǚzǐ)
* 痴心女子負心漢 / 痴心女子负心汉
* 碧衣女子
* 良家女子
* 風塵女子 / 风尘女子 (fēngchén nǚzǐ)
* 養女子 / 养女子

#### See also

* 姑娘 (gūniang)
* 女孩 (nǚhái)
* 女士 (nǚshì)
* 女性 (nǚxìng)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 子 |
| じょ Grade: 1 | し Grade: 1 |
| kan'on ||

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じょし [jóꜜshì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [d͡ʑo̞ɕi]

#### Noun

女(じょ)子(し) • (joshi)
* girl; woman

##### Synonyms

* 女(おんな)の子(こ) (onnanoko)

##### Antonyms

* 男(だん)子(し) (danshi)

##### Derived terms

* 女(じょ)子(し)学(がく)生(せい) (joshigakusei, “female student”)
* 女(じょ)子(し)高(こう) (joshikō, “girls' high school”)
* 女(じょ)子(し)高(こう)校(こう) (joshikōkō, “girls' high school”)
* 女(じょ)子(し)生(せい)徒(と) (joshiseito, “school girl”)
* 女(じょ)子(し)大(だい)学(がく) (joshidaigaku, “women's university”)

##### Related terms

* 女(じょ)性(せい) (josei)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 子 |
| め Grade: 1 | こ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 女 (me, “woman”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).

#### Alternative forms

* 妻子

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [me̞ko̞]

#### Noun

女(め)子(こ) • (meko)
* wife and child
* wife
* a female child; girl
* a woman

##### Derived terms

* おめこ (omeko)

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 子 |
| おみな Grade: 1 | こ > ご Grade: 1 |
| irregular | kun'yomi |
wominago → ominago.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [o̞mʲina̠ɡo̞]

#### Noun

女(おみな)子(ご) • (ominago)
* a female child; a girl

##### Derived terms

* 女(おんな)子(ご) (onnago), 女(おな)子(ご) (onago)

### Etymology 4

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 子 |
| おんな Grade: 1 | こ > ご Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
wonnago → onnago. From earlier 女子 (ominago).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [õ̞nːa̠ɡo̞]

#### Noun

女(おんな)子(ご) • (onnago)
* a female child; a girl
* a woman

##### Derived terms

* 女(おな)子(ご) (onago)

### Etymology 5

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 子 |
| おんな > おな Grade: 1 | こ > ご Grade: 1 |
| irregular | kun'yomi |
wonago → onago. From earlier wonnago.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おなご [ònágó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [o̞na̠ɡo̞]

#### Noun

女(おな)子(ご) • (onago)
* a female child; a girl
** 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “歓(かん)迎(げい)会(かい)の〝突(つ)き〞の巻(まき) [A "Tsuki" at the Welcome Party]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 110:
    お…おなごじゃあ‼めんごいおなごさおるぞ！
       O…Onago jā‼ Mengoi onago sa oru zo!
       A…A girl!! There’s a cute girl here, y’all!
* a woman

### References

* 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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 女 | 子 |

### Noun

女子 • (nyeoja) (hangeul 녀자)
* hanja form of 녀자 (“(North Korea) woman; girl”)

### Noun

女子 • (yeoja) (hangeul 여자)
* hanja form of 여자 (“(South Korea) woman; girl”)

## Okinawan

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 子 |
| ゐな Grade: 1 | ぐ Grade: 1 |
* Alternative spelling
* 女

### Etymology

Cognate with Yoron 女子 (ふなぐ, funagu) and dialectal Japanese 女(おな)子(ご) (onago).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [(ʷ)inaɡu]

### Noun

女(ゐな)子(ぐ) (winagu)
* woman, girl
    一人(ちゅい)女(ゐな)子(ぐ)ん子(ぐゎー)
       chuiwinagungwā
       an only daughter

#### Derived terms

* 女(ゐな)子(ぐ)しーじゃ (winagushīja)

### References

* “ゐなぐ【女子】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
* “イナグ（いなぐ）” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.
* “ヲィナグ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

## Okinoerabu

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 子 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 |

### Etymology

Cognate to Yoron 女子 (ふなぐ, funagu), Okinawan 女(ゐな)子(ぐ) (winagu), Japanese 女(おな)子(ご) (onago).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [wunaɡu], [jinaɡu]

### Noun

女子(をぅなぐ) or 女子(いぃなぐ) or 女子(ゐなぐ) (ōnagu or yinagu or inagu)
* woman, girl

#### Derived terms

* 清ら女子

### References

* “をぅなぐ【女子】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
* “いぃなぐ・ゐなぐ【女子】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 女 | 子 |

### Noun

女子
* chữ Hán form of nữ tử (“girl; daughter”).

## Yoron

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 子 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 |

### Etymology

Cognate to Okinawan 女(ゐな)子(ぐ) (winagu), Japanese 女(おな)子(ご) (onago).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɸunaɡu]

### Noun

女子(ふなぐ) or 女子(をぅなぐ) (funagu or ōnagu)
* girl, woman

### References

* “ふなぐ【女子】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.