淑女

Chinese

		good; pure; virtuous good; pure; virtuous; charming	female; woman; daughter
trad. (淑女)		淑	女
simp. ^#(淑女)		淑	女

Etymology

“(female) pervert”: Influenced by Japanese readaptation of the word in modern times.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūnǚ, shúnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄋㄩˇ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶ neoi⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siok-lú / siok-lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): sog⁴ neng²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zoq-gniu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shunyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-nü³
  - Yale: shū-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuneu
  - Palladius: шунюй (šunjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shúnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shúnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shu²-nü³
  - Yale: shú-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwuneu
  - Palladius: шунюй (šunjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    淑女
    熟女
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk⁶ neoi⁵
  - Yale: suhk néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶ nêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-lú
  - Tâi-lô: siok-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siokluo
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-lí
  - Tâi-lô: siok-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioklie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ li⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sog⁴ neng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sok nṳ́ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sok̚²⁻⁴ nɯŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zoq-gniu
  - MiniDict: zoh^入 nyu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zoq-nyy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ¹¹ n̠ʲy²³/

Middle Chinese: dzyuwk nrjoX

Rime
Character	淑	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	殊六切	尼吕切
Baxter	dzyuwk	nrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨuk̚/	/ɳɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiuk̚/	/ɳiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiuk̚/	/niɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuwk̚/	/ɳɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ʑiuk̚/	/niɔ^X/
Wang Li	/ʑĭuk̚/	/nĭo^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯uk̚/	/ni̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shú	nǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk⁶	neoi⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]iwk nraʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯwɢ naʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淑	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū	nǚ
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyuwk ›	‹ nrjo^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]iwk/	/*nraʔ/
English	fine, good	female
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淑	女
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	11756	9616
Phonetic component	尗	女
Rime group	覺	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	熟
Old Chinese	/*ɦljɯwɢ/	/*naʔ/

Noun

淑女

virtuous and beautiful woman; lady
有淑女氣質／有淑女气质 ― yǒu shūnǚ qìzhì ― to have an aura of elegance
- 窈窕淑女，君子好逑。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎo qiú. [Pinyin]
  The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:
  For our prince a good mate she.
quiet girl
(ACG, Internet slang, ironic) (female) pervert

Synonyms

(pervert): 變態／变态 (biàntài), (male) 紳士／绅士 (shēnshì)

Derived terms

名門淑女／名门淑女 (míngménshūnǚ)
窈窕淑女 (yǎotiǎoshūnǚ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (淑女):

→ Japanese: 淑(しゅく)女(じょ) (shukujo)
→ Korean: 숙녀(淑女) (sungnyeo)
→ Vietnamese: thục nữ (淑女)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淑	女
しゅく Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅくじょ [shúꜜkùjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
(Tokyo) しゅくじょ [shùkúꜜjò] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɕɨkɯ̟ʑo̞]

Noun

淑(しゅく)女(じょ) • (shukujo)

lady
(Internet slang, ironic) (female) pervert

Synonyms

　 (male) 紳(しん)士(し) (shinshi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
淑	女

Noun

淑女 • (sungnyeo) (hangeul 숙녀)

hanja form^? of 숙녀 (“lady”)