女巫

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	witch; Malay
trad. (女巫)		女	巫
simp. #(女巫)		女	巫
anagram		巫女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ mou⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): nṳ̄-ŭ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí-bû

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔwu
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-wu¹
    • Yale: nyǔ-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuu
    • Palladius: нюйу (njuju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ mou⁴
    • Yale: néuih mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ mou̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nṳ̄-ŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡy³³⁻²¹ u⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-bû
    • Tâi-lô: lí-bû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'buu
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu²³/

Noun

女巫

1. (literary) witch; sorceress

Usage notes

In modern times, this term is often associated with witches in Western fairy tales and popular culture.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 巫婆 (“witch; sorceress”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		巫婆, 女巫, 師婆, 師婆子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	神婆, 神媽媽
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	巫婆兒, 姑娘 young
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	神婆兒, 巫婆兒, 師婆兒
	Wanrong	神婆子
	Xi'an	神婆子
	Xining	神娘娘
	Xuzhou	神嬤兒嬤兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	神婆子
	Ürümqi	神婆子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	觀仙婆兒, 巫婆
	Guiyang	神婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	巫婆
	Yangzhou	神婆子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	神婆
	Hong Kong	巫婆
Gan	Pingxiang	巫婆
Jin	Taiyuan	神婆子
	Xinzhou	神婆子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	神媽
Southern Min	Xiamen	神姐, 神婆, 紅姨
	Quanzhou	神姐, 神婆
	Hui'an	揣神婆
	Zhangzhou	紅姨
	Haikou	神婆
Wu	Jinhua	巫三姑娘, 三姊妹, 三姑, 仙姑
Xiang	Changsha	巫婆