(nǚ shì) - lady, Ms., Miss (polite address for women) in Mandarin

nǚshì

Traditional: 女士

HSK 4

#456 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

lady, Ms., Miss (polite address for women)

Word origin

女士 (nǚshì) 'lady, Ms.' joins 女 'female' with 士 'scholar, gentleman, person of standing', a polite term of address. 士 is an ideograph, often read as one (一) who masters the ten (十), a learned person.

Origin: compound
Root: 女 (female) + 士 (person of standing)

Stroke order

女

士

Examples

。

This lady is my colleague.

，。

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.

，？

Excuse me, who is this lady?

。

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

。

This lady is a doctor.

女士 (nǚ shì) - lady, Ms., Miss (polite address for women).

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This word is part of lesson 10.