長女

See also: 长女

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎngnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² neoi^5-2
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): tióng-lí / tióng-lú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngnǚ [Phonetic: zhángnǚ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chang³-nü³
  - Yale: jǎng-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangneu
  - Palladius: чжаннюй (čžannjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng² neoi^5-2
  - Yale: jéung néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng² nêu^5-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœːŋ³⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tióng-lí / tióng-lú
  - Tâi-lô: tióng-lí / tióng-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diofnglie, diofngluo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/, /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/, /tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/, /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/, /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li⁴¹/, /tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lu⁴¹/

Noun

長女

eldest daughter
- 生下三女一男：兒子名曰承祖，長女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元來是先花後果的，倒是玉英居長，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  生下三女一男：儿子名曰承祖，长女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元来是先花后果的，倒是玉英居长，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE
  Shēngxià sān nǚ yī nán: érzǐ míng yuē Chéngzǔ, chángnǚ míng Yùyīng, cìnǚ míng Táoyīng, sānnǚ míng Yuèyīng. Yuánlái shì xiānhuāhòuguǒ de, dǎoshì Yùyīng jū cháng, cì jí Chéngzǔ. [Pinyin]
  The son was named Chengzu, the eldest daughter Yuying, the second daughter Taoying, and the third daughter Yueying. Yuying was the eldest of the four and Chengzu the son was the second.

Synonyms

(Ningbo Wu) 當大囡／当大囡
(Wenzhounese) 當大奶兒／当大奶儿

See also

長男／长男 (zhǎngnán)
長子／长子 (zhǎngzǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	女
ちょう Grade: 2	じょ Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 長 (“long; elder”) +‎ 女 (“woman; female”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーじょ [chóꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

長(ちょう)女(じょ) • (chōjo)

the eldest of all of a family's daughters

Related terms

	son	daughter	child (rare)
one's first	長(ちょう)男(なん) (chōnan), 一(いち)男(なん) (ichinan), 長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 一(いち)女(じょ) (ichijo)	長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)
one's second	次(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 二(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 次(じ)子(し) (jishi)	次(じ)女(じょ) (jijo), 二(じ)女(じょ) (jijo)	次(じ)子(し) (jishi)
one's third	三(さん)男(なん) (sannan)	三(さん)女(じょ) (sanjo)	-

Korean

Hanja in this term
長	女

Noun

長女 • (jangnyeo) (hangeul 장녀)

Hanja form^? of 장녀 (“eldest daughter”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
長	女

Noun

長女

chữ Hán form of trưởng nữ (“eldest daughter”).

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