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妇

fù

HSK 5 Character Traditional 婦

What 妇 means

1. woman

Other readings

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

• fùold variant of {妇|fù}

Example sentences

• 这老妇是谁？
  Who is that old woman?
• 我们是夫妇。
  We are husband and wife.
• 妇女也是人。
  Women are people.
• 国际妇女节快乐！
  Happy International Women's Day!
• 主妇给地毯吸了尘。
  Zhǔfù gěi dìtǎn xī le chén.
  The homemaker vacuumed the carpet.
• 这对夫妇生了个儿子。
  Zhè duì fūfù shēng le gè érzi.
  The couple had a son.

Words starting with 妇

• 妇女fù nǚwoman
• 妇人fù rénmarried woman
• 妇科fù kēgynecology
• 妇产科fù chǎn kēdepartment of gynecology and obstetrics; birth clinic
• 妇联fù liánwomen's league; women's association
• 妇女节Fù nǚ jiéInternational Women's Day (March 8)
• 妇孺fù rúwomen and children
• 妇好Fù HǎoFu Hao (c. 1200 BC), or Lady Hao, female Chinese general of the late Shang Dynasty 商朝
• 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
• 妇道人家fù dao rén jiawoman (derog.)
• 妇检fù jiǎngynecological examination (abbr. for 妇科检查
• 妇洗器fù xǐ qìbidet
• 妇幼fù yòuwomen and children
• 妇人之仁fù rén zhī rénexcessive tendency to clemency (idiom); soft-hearted (pejorative)
• 妇姑勃溪fù gū bó xīdispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
• 妇孺皆知fù rú jiē zhīunderstood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
• 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

• 夫妇fū fùa (married) couple; husband and wife
• 媳妇xí fùdaughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation
• 孕妇yùn fùpregnant woman
• 少妇shào fùyoung married woman
• 寡妇guǎ fuwidow
• 主妇zhǔ fùhousewife; woman of senior authority in a household; the lady of the house
• 情妇qíng fùmistress; paramour (of married man)
• 老妇人lǎo fù rénold lady
• 产妇chǎn fùwoman recuperating after childbirth; woman in childbirth
• 儿媳妇ér xí fùdaughter-in-law
• 农妇nóng fùpeasant woman (in former times); female farm worker
• 小媳妇xiǎo xí fuyoung married woman; mistress; (fig.) punching bag
• 泼妇pō fùshrew; vixen
• 村妇cūn fùfemale villager; (derog.) female peasant
• 新妇xīn fùbride; (dialect) daughter-in-law
• 贵妇人guì fù réndame
• 家妇jiā fùwife (old)
• 天妇罗tiān fù luótempura (loanword from Japanese)
• 家庭主妇jiā tíng zhǔ fùhousewife
• 国际妇女节Guó jì Fù nǚ jiéInternational Women's Day (March 8)
• 有夫之妇yǒu fū zhī fùmarried woman
• 有妇之夫yǒu fù zhī fūmarried man
• 双独夫妇shuāng dú fū fùa married couple allowed dispensation to have second child
• 新婚夫妇xīn hūn fū fùnewly married couple; newlyweds

Characters built on 彐

These share the phonetic component 彐 (jì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 录lùto carve wood
• 舆yú(literary) chassis of a carriage…
• 刍chúto mow or cut grass; hay; straw

Characters that look like 妇

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

• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 她tāshe
• 扫sǎoto sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of…
• 妨fángto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm; (what) harm
• 奴núslave
• 佃diànto rent farmland from a landlord

Sounds the same

Read fù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 副secondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 复to go and return; to return; to resume
• 附to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
• 负to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on
• 付to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
• 富rich; abundant; wealthy
• 父(bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation…
• 傅(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach
• 覆to cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 赋poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on
• 咐used in 吩咐
• 腹abdomen; stomach; belly