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信女

信女

Chinese

		letter; true; to believe letter; true; to believe; sign; evidence	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (信女)		信	女

Noun

信女

female Buddhist devotee

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xìnnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ neoi⁵
Min Nan (POJ): sìn-lír / sìn-lú / sìn-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìnnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinnneu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon³ neoi⁵
  - Yale: seun néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ noey⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ nɵy̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-lír
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-lír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-lú
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienluo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn-lí
  - Tâi-lô: sìn-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienlie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ li⁵³/