(nǚ) - female, woman, girl in Mandarin
nǚTraditional: 女
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.
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Appears in 11 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 女.
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