女英

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
trad. (女英)		女	英
simp. #(女英)		女	英

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nǚyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nǚyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nyǔying
    • Wade–Giles: Nü³-ying¹
    • Yale: Nyǔ-yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neuing
    • Palladius: Нюйин (Njujin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjoX 'jaeng

Rime
Character	女	英
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Öffnen Sie	Öffnen Sie
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	尼吕切	於驚切
Baxter	nrjoX	'jaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨʌX/	/ʔˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiɔX/	/ʔᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/niɔX/	/ʔiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨə̆X/	/ʔiajŋ/
Li Rong	/niɔX/	/ʔiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/nĭoX/	/ĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯woX/	/ʔi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǚ	yīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	neoi5	jing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nraʔ  ʔ<r>aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*naʔ  qraŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	女	英
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nǚ	yīng
Middle Chinese	‹ nrjoX ›	‹ ʔjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*nraʔ/	/*ʔ<r>aŋ/
Englisch	female	young grass plants
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	女	英
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	9616	14510
Phonetic component	女	央
Rime group	魚	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		霙
Old Chinese	/*naʔ/	/*qraŋ/

Proper noun

女英

1. Nüying

Nomen

女英

1. girl