How to Say "Princess" in Cantonese

公主

gung1 zyu2

The English word "princess" is translated into Cantonese as 公主 (gung1 zyu2).

公主 is a noun used to refer to a female member of a royal family.

Meaning: female member of royal family (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

gung1 zyu2

In modern Cantonese slang, 公主病 'princess disease' refers to a person who acts entitled and expects others to pamper them like royalty.
The character 公 in 公主 originally referred to a high ranking male noble or a duke in ancient Chinese history.
In traditional Cantonese storytelling, a princess is often referred to as 公主 (gung1 zyu2), but the term 'princess' can also be applied to certain high-ranking Buddhist deities in religious literature.

大約十五、十六年後，國王同國王喺佢哋其中一個鄉村別墅缺席，有一日年輕嘅公主喺宮入面跑嚟跑去；佢由一間房去到另一間房，最後佢嚟到塔頂嘅一個小閣樓，嗰度有個好老婆，一個人，用緊佢個軸心旋轉緊。
About fifteen or sixteen years after, the King and Queen being absent at one of their country villas, the young Princess was one day running up and down the palace, she went from room to room, and at last she came into a little garret on the top of the tower, where a good old woman, alone, was spinning with her spindle.
This sentence shows the use of 公主 in a story about a young princess running through a palace.
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Two friends are reading a fairy tale book together.

俊傑 Chun Kit

呢個故事入面嘅公主好勇敢。
ni1 go3 gu3 si6 jap6 min2 ge3 gung1 zyu2 hou2 jung5 gam2.
The princess in this story is very brave.
雅婷 Nga Ting

係呀，佢唔似其他公主咁弱弱地。
hai6 aa3, keoi5 m4 ci5 kei4 taa1 gung1 zyu2 gam3 joek3 joek3 dei2.
Yes, she isn't weak like other princesses.
俊傑 Chun Kit

你細個嗰陣想唔想做公主？
nei5 sai3 go3 go2 zan6 soeng2 m4 soeng2 zou6 gung1 zyu2?
Did you want to be a princess when you were little?
雅婷 Nga Ting

我想，因為公主可以住喺城堡入面。
ngo5 soeng2, jan1 wai6 gung1 zyu2 ho2 ji5 zyu6 hai2 sing4 zau2 jap6 min2.
I did, because princesses can live in castles.

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