叻女

Chinese

		smart	female; woman; daughter
trad. (叻女)		叻	女
simp. #(叻女)		叻	女

Etymology

“lesbian”

Phono-semantic matching of English lesbian + 女 (neoi5-2, “girl”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lek¹ neoi^5-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): liak² nui²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lek¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: lēk néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lek⁷ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lég¹ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛːk̚⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: liak² nui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liak̚⁵⁵ ⁿdui⁵⁵/

Noun

叻女

1. (Cantonese) smart girl
2. (Cantonese, slang) lesbian

Adjective

叻女

1. (Cantonese, of a girl) smart

Coordinate terms

• 叻仔