靚女

See also: 靓女 and 𡃁女

Chinese

Etymology 1

		make up (face)	female; woman; daughter
trad. (靚女)		靚	女
simp. (靓女)		靓	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liàngnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): leng³ neoi^5-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): liang¹ nui²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liàngnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianqneu
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: leng³ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: leng néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: leng³ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: léng³ nêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /lɛːŋ³³ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: liang¹ nui²
  - IPA ^(key): /liaŋ³³ ⁿdui⁵⁵/

Noun

靚女

(chiefly Cantonese) pretty girl; babe (Classifier: 個／个; 位)
(Cantonese) Informal term of address to an adult woman.

靚女，畀碟豉油我吖，唔該！ [Cantonese, trad.]
靓女，畀碟豉油我吖，唔该！ [Cantonese, simp.]
Leng³ neoi^5-2, bei² dip⁶ si⁶ jau⁴ ngo⁵ aa¹, m⁴ goi¹! [Jyutping]
(To a waitress) Hi, can you give me a plate of soy sauce, please?
(Cantonese, slang, in restaurants) plain congee

Synonyms

美女 (měinǚ)

Coordinate terms

靚仔／靓仔 (liàngzǎi)

Adjective

靚女

(Cantonese, of a girl) pretty; beautiful; good-looking

Related terms

靚仔／靓仔 (leng3 zai2)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 靚女 – see 𡃁女 (“young girl”). (This term, 靚女, is a variant traditional form of 𡃁女.)

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