剩女

Chinese

FWOTD – 2 July 2016

		have as remainder	female; woman; daughter
trad. (剩女)		剩	女
simp. #(剩女)		剩	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁶ neoi^5-2
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zan-gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèngnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-nü³
    • Yale: shèng-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqneu
    • Palladius: шэннюй (šɛnnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁶ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: sihng néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁶ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁶ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²² nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zan-gniu
    • MiniDict: zan^去 nyu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zan-nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zã²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/

Noun

剩女

1. (neologism, derogatory) "leftover woman"; old spinster; old unmarried woman

   大齡剩女／大龄剩女  ―  dàlíng shèngnǚ  ―  single woman past the usual age for marriage

   我不想成為剩女！ [MSC, trad.]
   我不想成为剩女！ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bùxiǎng chéngwéi shèngnǚ! [Pinyin]

   I don't want to be a woman left on the shelf!

Usage notes

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:剩女.

Descendants

• English: sheng nu

See also

• 怨女 (yuànnǚ)
• 老處女／老处女 (lǎochǔnǚ)

See also

• 剩男 (shèngnán)