女孩

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	child
trad. (女孩)		女	孩
simp. ^#(女孩)		女	孩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǚhái

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄏㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ haai⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-hài
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lú-hâi

(Teochew, Peng'im): neng² hai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǚhái
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄏㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔhái
  - Wade–Giles: nü³-hai²
  - Yale: nyǔ-hái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuhair
  - Palladius: нюйхай (njujxaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ xaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (女孩兒／女孩儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǚháir
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄏㄞˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔháir
  - Wade–Giles: nü³-hai²-ʼrh
  - Yale: nyǔ-háir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuharl
  - Palladius: нюйхайр (njujxajr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ haai⁴
  - Yale: néuih hàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ haai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ hai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ haːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-hài
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ hai^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ hai²
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ hai̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-hâi
  - Tâi-lô: lú-hâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lw'haai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hai²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hai²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: neng² hai⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng hăi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ hai³⁵/

Noun

女孩

girl
一個十歲的女孩／一个十岁的女孩 ― yīge shí suì de nǚhái ― a ten-year-old girl

他接住了從樓上跳下來的女孩。 [MSC, trad.]
他接住了从楼上跳下来的女孩。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā jiē zhù le cóng lóu shàng tiào xiàlái de nǚhái. [Pinyin]
He caught the girl who jumped from the building.

受傷者中有一位 15 歲的女孩。 [MSC, trad.]
受伤者中有一位 15 岁的女孩。 [MSC, simp.]
Shòushāngzhě zhōng yǒu yī wèi 15 suì de nǚhái. [Pinyin]
A 15-year-old girl was among the injured.
young woman; lass
他對那位漂亮的女孩暗戀已久。 [MSC, trad.]
他对那位漂亮的女孩暗恋已久。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā duì nà wèi piàoliàng de nǚhái ànliàn yǐjiǔ. [Pinyin]
He had long had a crush on the pretty young woman.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 女孩子 (“young girl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
	Taiwan	女孩, 女孩子
	Singapore	女孩子
Jilu Mandarin	Weifang (Weicheng)	閨女兒, 小妮兒
	Weifang (Fangzi)	小閨女
	Changle	閨女, 妮兒
	Shouguang	妮子
	Wulian	識字班
	Jinan	小閨女兒, 小妮兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Weifang (Hanting)	小閨女
	Changyi	閨女, 小嫚兒
	Gaomi	小嫚兒
	Zhucheng	小閨女子兒
	Anqiu	閨女
	Linqu	閨女
	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
	Wuhan	女伢, 姑娘, 姑娘伢
	Guilin	女把爺
	Guanyang	妹崽家
	Dagudi (Maliba)	小姑娘
	Reshuitang (Longling)	小姑娘
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	小姑娘
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	小姑娘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	女霞子
	Xinghua	姑娘, 丫頭, 外家裡
	Hefei	丫頭
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	女子崽
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女仔, 細路女 child, 姑娘仔
	Hong Kong	女仔, 細路女 child, 姑娘仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	女仔
	Macau	女仔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	女仔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	女仔
	Foshan	女仔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	女仔
	Foshan (Shunde)	女仔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	女仔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	女仔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	女仔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	女仔
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	女仔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	女仔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	女仔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	女仔
	Taishan	女仔, 細路女 child, 細民女 child
	Kaiping (Chikan)	女仔, 細佬女 child, 細民女 child
	Enping (Niujiang)	女仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	女仔
	Dongguan	女仔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	婦娘妹
	Qingyuan	女仔
	Fogang	女仔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	女仔
	Yangshan	妹仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	妹仔兒
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	女仔
	Shaoguan	女仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	女仔, 妹仔
	Renhua	女仔
	Lechang	女仔
	Yangjiang	妹, 妹仔
	Nanning	女仔, 妹仔, 妹丁
	Dongxing	妹仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	女仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	女仔
Gan	Nanchang	女崽子
Gan	Pengze	女妹
Hakka	Meixian	細妹仔
	Xingning	細妹哩, 賠錢貨 †
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	女仔
	Huidong (Daling)	阿僬妹仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	僬妹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老妹仔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	女仔, 僬妹仔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	細妹子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	細妹仔
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	妹仔
	Changting	細妹子
	Wuping	細妹子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	細妹子
	Liancheng	妹子人
	Ninghua	女子薩
	Ruijin	女客子, 細女子
	Shicheng	細女女子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細妹仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細妹仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細妹仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細妹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細妹仔, 細妹
	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
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	查某囡仔
	Quanzhou	查某囡仔
	Zhangzhou	查某囡仔, 查某嬰
	Yunxiao	查囡仔
	Taipei	查某囡仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	查某囡仔
	Kaohsiung	查某囝
	Yilan	查某囡仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	查某囡仔
	Taichung	查某囡仔
	Tainan	查某囡仔
	Hsinchu	查某囡仔
	Kinmen	查某囡仔
	Penghu (Magong)	查某囡仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	查某囡仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	查某囡仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	查某囡仔
	Chaozhou	諸娘囝
	Shantou	諸娘囝, 查某囝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	諸娘囝
	Jieyang	諸娘囝
	Lufeng	查某囡仔
	Haifeng	查某囡仔
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	查某囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	查某囝
	Leizhou	查某囝
	Wenchang	查某囝
	Haikou	查某囝
Puxian Min	Putian	嬸娘囝
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	嬸娘囝
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	嬸娘囝
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	嬸娘囝
	Xianyou	小娘囝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	小娘囝
	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
	Shanghai (Chongming)	丫頭, 小娘
	Suzhou	小娘兒, 女小干
	Ningbo	小娘, 小娘屄, 小娘頭, 娘子
	Wenzhou	女兒, 媛子兒
Xiang	Changsha	妹子, 細妹子, 妹伢子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	妹唧, 細妹唧
Note	† - derogatory

Derived terms

女孩兒／女孩儿 (nǚháir)
女孩子 (nǚháizi)

Descendants

Wutunhua: nixhe

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