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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nǚ | nü3
English translation
female
woman
daughter
woman, girl; female
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
rǔ | ru3
English translation
archaic variant of [rǔ]

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Number of strokes

3

Radical frequency

681

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Attributive / 区别词 Qūbié cí

Learning hint

A woman turned to the side

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

Explanation

Pictograph of a woman. Depicts a stick-figure with breasts sitting or squatting down.

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委员 wěiyuán huì de 委员 wěiyuán men dōu shì xiē 年轻 niánqīng 妇女 fùnǚ , hěn hǎo de 履行 lǚxíng le 她们 tā men de 职责 zhí zé .

The committee, who were all young women, fulfilled their duties admirably.

晴雯一生 yī shēng 有关 yǒu guān 男女 nán nǚ 情感 qíng gǎn zhī 出入 chū rù , wéi 宝玉 bǎo yù 而已 éryǐ ,洁身自爱,未曾 wèi céng 逾越 yú yuè lún Cháng .

In the ancient society , she was destined to be a tragedian.

迷迷 de yòu 陶醉 táozuì zài 男欢女爱 nán huān nǚ aì de 幻梦 huàn mèng Zhōng le .

He drifted off into sexual reverie again.

本人 běnrén de què 喜欢 xǐhuan cài , 我的侄女 zhí nǚ què 喜欢 xǐhuan .

I myself like hot food, But my niece does not.

伏明霞 Fú Míng xiá 成为 chéngwéi 中国 Zhōngguó shǒu wèi 拥有 yōngyǒu 5 Méi 奥运 Aò yùn 金牌 jīn pái de 选手 xuǎnshǒu .

A : Fu Mingxia became the first Chinese woman with 5 career medals.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
女人 nǚ rén woman女人 nǚ rén
female
女孩 nǚ hái girl女孩 nǚ hái
女儿 nǚér daughter女兒
女士 nǚshì lady女士 nǚshì
女性 nǚ xìng woman女性 nǚ xìng
女子 nǚ zǐ woman女子 nǚ zǐ
女生 nǚ shēng schoolgirl女生 nǚ shēng
美女 měi nǚ beautiful woman美女 měi nǚ
女朋友 nǚ péng you girlfriend女朋友 nǚ péng you
妇女 fùnǚ woman婦女
处女 chǔ nǚ virgin處女
女友 nǚ yǒu girlfriend女友 nǚ yǒu
女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl女孩子 nǚ hái zi
男女 nán nǚ male-female男女 nán nǚ
少女 shào nǚ girl少女 shào nǚ
女王 nǚ wáng queen女王 nǚ wáng
子女 zǐ nǚ children子女 zǐ nǚ
妓女 jì nǚ prostitute妓女 jì nǚ
女郎 nǚ láng maiden女郎 nǚ láng
女神 nǚ shén goddess女神 nǚ shén
女装 nǚ zhuāng women's clothes女裝
女排 nǚ pái women's volleyball女排 nǚ pái
修女 xiū nǚ nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)修女 xiū nǚ
儿女 ér nǚ children兒女

Decomposition & Compounds

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Compounds

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    • hǎo
      • nāo , hào
    • yāo
      • yāo , yāo , jiào , yǎo , yāo , fiào , yǎo , , biáo , yǎo , ,
      • shù , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Ān
      • yàn
        • yǎn , yàn , ,
      • àn , àn , àn , ān , ān , ǎn , ān , è , ǎn , è , , yàn , , , , , , ǎn ,
    • wēi
      • wǎi , wēi , wēi , wēi , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Wěi
      • wèi
      • ǎi , wěi , wěi , 诿 wěi , , ruó , ruí , , wēi , , , , , , , , , , wěi , , ,
    • yīng
    • tuǒ
      • něi , suī , suí , něi , ruó , suī , , , , , suí , , , , , ,
    • wàng
    • jiāng
    • lán
    • qiè
      • jiē , shà , shà , qiè , jiē , shà , qiè , , , ,
    • lóu
    • yíng
      • jiān
    • yàn
      • yǎn
        • , yǎn , yàn , yǎn , yǎn , yǎn , , , , , , , yǎn
      • yàn
    • jiān
    • lóu
      • , , , lóu , lóu , , , , , lǒu , lóu , , , lōu , , , , , , , , lóu , , , , , , , ,
    • yīng
      • , , , , , , yīng , , yīng , , yīng , , , yīng
    • , , shǐ , hūn , jiě , , mèi , niáng , nǎi , , , miào , , xián , biǎo , , Shuǎ , yīn , jià , xìng , jiān , méi , niū , , 姿, , zhuāng , , , , , , , fáng , yāo , nǎi , nèn , , shěn , jiāo , yán , fēi , lǎo , mèi , yuàn , miǎn , wǎn , , é , 婿
    • shān , chāng , , sǎo , piáo , , juān , shuāng , tíng , , rèn , shēn , , xián , , , jié , pīn , , yáo , , , , luán , wěi , , suō , gòu , ē , jiāo , , , ráo , zhí , shū , cháng , shàn , , nān , zhóu , , , , , mān , pín , , , huá , héng
    • nìng , shuò , dān , wèn , jìn , pēi , , , guī , tǒu , ē , , , mín , bàn , , , gòu , kuā , yán , chà , xiǎn , guǐ , sōng , pīng , nán , āi , , , , , , jìng , xìng , zhōu , chuò , jìng , yín , , huà , chán , yǎo , , chuò , jiǎ , wéi , měi , dān , qián , ān
    • yīng , xiè , tuǒ , mào , ǎo , bǎo , , tōu , , chī , měi , pán , yuán , yīng , Láng , ài , , léi , xuán , zhāng , , yān , lào , , zhē , , , qiáng , liáo , , , huán , niáng , chóu , róng , , niǎo , xìng , 嬿 yàn , lǎn , xiān , lǎn , yīng , , , , , chà , , 奿
    • , hóng , , , , , , , , , , , zhuāng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , shēn , 妿, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , pèi , , , , , hóng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 娿, , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , lún , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , duān , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , 媿, , , , , , , , , , nǎo , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , xián , , , 嫿
    • , , , , , , , ráo , , chán , jiāo , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , pín , , , , , , , , shěn , , , , , , , , niáng
    • , , , , , , luán , , , , , , ,
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