I would like some help with Cantonese slang-please help

[mavericker]

Can't "女強人" refer to a woman that's emotionally and/or mrntally strong?

[overlocker]

are there any shorter ways to say "刚强的女人" and "强壮的女人"?
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For me,I couldn't choose a suitable slang to say that tilll now.



Can't "女強人" refer to a woman that's emotionally and/or mrntally strong?
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No.As I said,"女強人" means a woman who is independent of her husband economically.Sometimes they are good at business.(The traditional women in China are supposed to stay home instead of working.)

[mavericker]

Hello. Thank you overlocker for your help and responses. This question is for overlocker and all Cantonese speakers.

For "Strong female", in Cantonese slang, can I use the expressions:

saan po
saan dung po
zong fu
keong fu
geong fu
gin fu?

Please let me know.

[overlocker]

Though I know Cantonese,I can't read them correctly by those letters you gave.
Can you list the Chinese characters?

[mavericker]

Yes-here's the jyutping:

saan po 山婆
saan dung po 山東婆
zong fu 壯婦
keong fu/geong fu 強婦
gin fu 健婦
gin neoi? 健女

I don't know if the first two terms are slang or not.

[overlocker]

The second one 山東婆 sometimes could be used to describe those women who are very strong.But few people will say that.
Others are not slangs.At lease not in Cantonese.

[mavericker]

Hello Overlocker-thank you for responding. Are there any other members here who speak Cantonese?

[overlocker]

U R welcome.

btw,are you a linguist or a student learning chinese?

[mavericker]

U R welcome.

btw,are you a linguist or a student learning chinese?

Hi-I would consider myself to be somewhat of a linguist-I'm doing research on slang and terminology used in other languages.

[mavericker]

U R welcome.

btw,are you a linguist or a student learning chinese?

I just learned the term "zhuang nv" it menas strong female/woman and itt generally used around Beijing.