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女

nǚ

HSK 1 Character

What 女 means

1. female
2. woman
3. daughter

Other readings

女 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• rǔold variant of {汝|rǔ}

Example sentences

• 疯女人！
  Madwoman!
• 我是女同。
  Wǒ shì nǚtóng.
  I am lesbian.
• 女士优先。
  Nǚshìyōuxiān.
  Ladies first.
• 女士优先!
  Nǚshì yōuxiān!
  Ladies first!
• 我是女人。
  I am a woman.
• 南男北女。
  Southern men, Northern women.

Words starting with 女

• 女人nǚ rénwoman
• 女儿nǚ érdaughter
• 女孩nǚ háigirl; lass
• 女生nǚ shēngschoolgirl; female student; girl
• 女士nǚ shìlady; madam; Miss
• 女子nǚ zǐwoman; female
• 女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex
• 女孩子nǚ hái zigirl
• 女朋友nǚ péng yougirlfriend
• 女友nǚ yǒugirlfriend
• 女的nǚ dewoman
• 女郎nǚ lángyoung woman; maiden; girl
• 女神nǚ shéngoddess; nymph
• 女王nǚ wángqueen
• 女婿nǚ xudaughter's husband; son-in-law
• 女主人nǚ zhǔ rénhostess; mistress
• 女工nǚ gōngworking woman; variant of 女红
• 女方nǚ fāngthe bride's side (of a wedding); of the bride's party
• 女星nǚ xīngfemale star; famous actress
• 女巫nǚ wūwitch; sorceress
• 女装nǚ zhuāngwomen's clothes
• 女仆nǚ púfemale servant; maid
• 女排nǚ páiwomen's volleyball; abbr. for 女子排球
• 女强人nǚ qiáng rénsuccessful career woman; able woman

Words containing 女

• 妇女fù nǚwoman
• 美女měi nǚbeautiful woman
• 男女nán nǚmale-female; male and female
• 少女shào nǚgirl; young lady
• 子女zǐ nǚchildren; sons and daughters
• 儿女ér nǚchildren; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love)
• 妓女jì nǚprostitute; hooker
• 处女chǔ nǚvirgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work)
• 小女xiǎo nǚmy daughter (humble)
• 淑女shū nǚwise and virtuous woman; lady
• 母女mǔ nǚmother and daughter; mother-daughter
• 仙女xiān nǚfairy
• 孙女sūn nǚson's daughter; granddaughter
• 闺女guī nümaiden; unmarried woman; (colloquial) daughter
• 修女xiū nǚnun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
• 侄女zhí nǚbrother's daughter; niece
• 才女cái nǚtalented girl
• 独生子女dú shēng zǐ nǚan only child
• 父女fù nǚfather and daughter
• 男女老少nán nǚ lǎo shàomen, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
• 宫女gōng nǚpalace maid
• 侍女shì nǚmaid
• 玉女yù nǚbeautiful woman; fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals; (polite) sb else's daughter
• 少男少女shào nán shào nǚboys and girls; teenagers

Characters that look like 女

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker

Sounds the same

Read nǚ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 钕neodymium (chemistry)
• 籹cakes of rice-flour and honey