自梳
zi6 so1zì shū
English
- female who declares she will not get married
- (of females in China in the past) to be determined to stay single in her whole life, signified by combing her own hair in married women's hairstyle
粵語 — Cantonese
- 中國舊時嘅一種女性風俗文化,代表自己嚟幫自己梳髻,以示自己終身不嫁
Examples
自梳女
self-combed woman; female who stays single in her whole life
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk