"烈女" meaning in Chinese

See 烈女 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /li̯ɛ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /liːt̚² nɵy̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /li̯ɛ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /liːt̚² nɵy̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: liènǚ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄋㄩˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lit⁶ neoi⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], liènǚ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄋㄩˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], liènyǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], lieh⁴-nü³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], lyè-nyǔ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], liehneu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], ленюй [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], lenjuj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], liht néuih [Cantonese, Yale], lit⁹ noey⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lid⁶ nêu⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 烈女
  1. heroine, female martyr
    Sense id: en-烈女-zh-noun-uvJgHKu- Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 95 5
  2. (neo-Confucianism) a woman who commits suicide after her husband or fiancé's death rather than remarry, or who dies preserving her chastity
    Sense id: en-烈女-zh-noun-r1y19hlp Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Suicide Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Suicide: 0 100
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liènyǔ"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lieh⁴-nü³"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyè-nyǔ"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liehneu"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ленюй"
    },
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        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lenjuj"
    },
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      "ipa": "/li̯ɛ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
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        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liht néuih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lit⁹ noey⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lid⁶ nêu⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːt̚² nɵy̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɛ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːt̚² nɵy̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "烈女"
}
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        "(neo-Confucianism) a woman who commits suicide after her husband or fiancé's death rather than remarry, or who dies preserving her chastity"
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      "zh-pron": "liènǚ"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄋㄩˇ"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "liènǚ"
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        "Mandarin",
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        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄋㄩˇ"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "liènyǔ"
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "lieh⁴-nü³"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyè-nyǔ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "liehneu"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ленюй"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lenjuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɛ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "liht néuih"
    },
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lit⁹ noey⁵"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lid⁶ nêu⁵"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɛ⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːt̚² nɵy̯¹³/"
    }
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  "word": "烈女"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 烈女 meaning in Chinese (2.2kB)

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