hủ nữ

See also: hunu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 腐女, composed of (rotten) and (female), from Chinese 腐女 (fǔnǚ), from Japanese 腐女 (fujoshi, hủ nữ tử). Likely adopted through contemporary Chinese teen romance novels.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hu˧˩ nɨ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hʊw˧˨ nɨ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hʊw˨˩˦ nɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

hủ nữ

  1. a fujoshi

See also