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妇女

fù nǚ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 婦女

妇女 (fù nǚ) means "woman (formal register)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 妇女 means

1. woman

The characters in 妇女

• 妇fùwoman
• 女nǚfemale; woman; daughter

Example sentences

• 妇女也是人。
  Women are people.
• 国际妇女节快乐！
  Happy International Women's Day!
• 美国妇女没有选举权。
  Měiguó fùnǚ méiyǒu xuǎnjǔquán.
  American women didn't have the right to vote.
• 在沙特阿拉伯妇女不允许开车。
  Zài Shātè ālābó fùnǚ bù yǔnxǔ kāichē.
  Women are not permitted to drive cars in Saudi Arabia.
• 「故事？」妇女问道。「您是什幺意思？」
  "'Story'?" the woman asked. "What do you mean?"
• 她和小区里大部分妇女不同，因为她会读书写字。
  She was different from most women in the neighborhood, for she was able to read and write.

Words starting with 妇女

• 妇女节Fù nǚ jiéInternational Women's Day (March 8)
• 妇女主任fù nǚ zhǔ rèndirector of the local committee of the Women's Federation
• 妇女运动fù nǚ yùn dòngwomen's movement; feminism
• 妇女能顶半边天fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiānWoman can hold up half the sky; fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society

Words containing 妇女

• 国际妇女节Guó jì Fù nǚ jiéInternational Women's Day (March 8)
• 中华全国妇女联合会Zhōng huá Quán guó Fù nǚ Lián hé huìAll-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)
• 消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约Xiāo chú duì Fù nǚ Yī qiè Xíng shì Qí shì Gōng yuēConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Sounds the same

Read fù nǚ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 父女father and daughter

Where 妇女 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Government, Society & Leadership (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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