(nǚ) - female, woman, girl in Mandarin
nǚTraditional: 女
HSK 1
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Translation
female, woman, girl
Word origin
女 (nǚ) 'woman, female' is a pictograph: the older forms drew a kneeling person with hands crossed or folded, the conventional figure of a woman.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- drawing of a kneeling woman
Stroke order
女
Examples
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She is a female doctor.
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This is the women's restroom.
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This girl is very smart.
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She has a girlfriend.
乖。
My daughter is very well-behaved.
女 (nǚ) means female, woman, girl. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
Appears in 11 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 女.
女人nǚ rénwoman, female女孩nǚ háigirl女儿nǚ érdaughter女士nǚ shìlady, Ms., Miss (polite address for women)女朋友nǚ péng yǒugirlfriend女士们nǚ shì menladies女性nǚ xìngwoman, female, the female sex妓女jì nǚprostitute, sex worker女生nǚ shēnggirl, female student美女měi nǚbeautiful woman, pretty girl女孩子nǚ hái zigirl, young woman
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