"yo女" meaning in Chinese

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Verb

IPA: /jou̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /jou̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: jou¹ neoi⁵⁻² [Cantonese, Jyutping], yōu néui [Cantonese, Yale], jou¹ noey⁵⁻² [Cantonese, Pinyin], you¹ nêu⁵⁻² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English yo + 女 (“girl”), referring to how young males try to act cool when greeting girls. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|yo}} English yo, {{zh-l|*女|girl}} 女 (“girl”) Head templates: {{zh-verb}} yo女
  1. (Cantonese, slang) to hook up with girls; to chat up girls; to flirt with girls Tags: Cantonese, slang
    Sense id: en-yo女-zh-verb-hSd9hw8b Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in multiple scripts Synonyms: 泡妞 [Mandarin, Beijing], 拍婆子 dated [Mandarin, Beijing], 泡妞 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 泡馬子 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 撩妹 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 把妹 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 把馬子 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 泡妞 [Mandarin, Singapore], 溝女 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 溝女 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 𠝹女 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], yo女 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 奅查某 GT [Taipei], 奅姼仔 GT [Taipei], 釣女, GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "yo"
      },
      "expansion": "English yo",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*女",
        "2": "girl"
      },
      "expansion": "女 (“girl”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English yo + 女 (“girl”), referring to how young males try to act cool when greeting girls.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yo女",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms written in multiple scripts",
          "parents": [
            "Terms written in multiple scripts",
            "Terms by orthographic property",
            "Terms by lexical property"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hook up with girls; to chat up girls; to flirt with girls"
      ],
      "id": "en-yo女-zh-verb-hSd9hw8b",
      "links": [
        [
          "hook up",
          "hook up"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ],
        [
          "chat up",
          "chat up"
        ],
        [
          "flirt",
          "flirt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese, slang) to hook up with girls; to chat up girls; to flirt with girls"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Beijing"
          ],
          "word": "泡妞"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Beijing"
          ],
          "word": "拍婆子 dated"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "泡妞"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "泡馬子"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "撩妹"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "把妹"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "把馬子"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "泡妞"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "溝女"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "溝女"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "𠝹女"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "yo女"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taipei"
          ],
          "word": "奅查某 GT"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taipei"
          ],
          "word": "奅姼仔 GT"
        },
        {
          "word": "釣女"
        },
        {
          "word": "GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jou¹ neoi⁵⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yōu néui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jou¹ noey⁵⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "you¹ nêu⁵⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jou̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jou̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yo女"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "yo"
      },
      "expansion": "English yo",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*女",
        "2": "girl"
      },
      "expansion": "女 (“girl”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English yo + 女 (“girl”), referring to how young males try to act cool when greeting girls.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yo女",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms derived from English",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese slang",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese terms written in multiple scripts",
        "Chinese verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hook up with girls; to chat up girls; to flirt with girls"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hook up",
          "hook up"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ],
        [
          "chat up",
          "chat up"
        ],
        [
          "flirt",
          "flirt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese, slang) to hook up with girls; to chat up girls; to flirt with girls"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jou¹ neoi⁵⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yōu néui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jou¹ noey⁵⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "you¹ nêu⁵⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jou̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jou̯⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "泡妞"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Beijing"
      ],
      "word": "拍婆子 dated"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "泡妞"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "泡馬子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "撩妹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "把妹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "把馬子"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "泡妞"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "溝女"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "溝女"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "𠝹女"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "yo女"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taipei"
      ],
      "word": "奅查某 GT"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taipei"
      ],
      "word": "奅姼仔 GT"
    },
    {
      "word": "釣女"
    },
    {
      "word": "GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yo女"
}

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