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修女

xiū nǚ

2-character word

What 修女 means

1. nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)

The characters in 修女

• 修xiūto decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 女nǚfemale; woman; daughter

Example sentences

• 特蕾莎修女被授予诺贝尔奖。
  Tè lěi shā xiūnǚ bèi shòuyǔ Nuòbèi'ěr Jiǎng.
  Mother Teresa was given the Nobel prize.
• 修女从黑色裙子的褶皱间掏出剪刀，熟练地将彩色纸剪成长而窄的纸条，让我们可以把这些纸条编成纸地毯。
  From between the pleats of her black skirt, the nun brought out scissors and deftly cut coloured paper into long, narrow strips, which we could then braid into a paper rug.