sheng nu
Meanings
noun
- A woman in her mid- to late twenties and not yet married, particularly an unmarried successful businesswoman.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 剩女 (shèngnǚ, “leftover woman”). Typologically compare Turkish kalık (“residue, leftover; leftover woman, spinster”).
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