Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 千代女(Japanese Kanji) ちよめ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. CHEE-YO-MEH [key·IPA] Meaning & History Derived from the Japanese kanji 千 (chi) meaning "a thousand" combined with 代 (yo) meaning "generation; society, era" and 女 (me) meaning "woman; wife".Other characters combinations are also possible.