修女

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	female; woman; daughter
trad. (修女)		修	女
simp. #(修女)		修	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ neoi^5-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-lí / siu-lú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siounyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-nü³
    • Yale: syōu-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouneu
    • Palladius: сюнюй (sjunjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: sāu néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-lí
    • Tâi-lô: siu-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siulie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-lú
    • Tâi-lô: siu-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Philippines): /siu³³ lu⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

修女

1. (Catholicism, Orthodoxy) nun; sister

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 修女 (“Catholic nun”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		修女
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	姑奶奶
	Taiwan	修女
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	嬤嬤
Cantonese	Hong Kong	修女
Jin	Taiyuan	修女
Southern Min	Xiamen	姑娘
	Quanzhou	姑娘
	Zhangzhou	姑娘
	Tainan	姑婆 GT
Wu	Shanghai	童身姑娘, 洋尼姑
	Shanghai (Chongming)	姆姆
	Ningbo	嬤嬤

Korean

Hanja in this term
修	女

Noun

修女 • (sunyeo) (hangeul 수녀)

1. hanja form^? of 수녀 (“nun; sister”)