女 nǚ — female, woman’s

Meanings

1. 1

   female, woman’s

   Female. Like 男 it modifies a noun rather than standing alone: 女老师 a woman teacher, 女孩子 a girl, 女朋友 a girlfriend.

   adjective

Character breakdown

• 女

  nǚ (third tone, dipping)

  woman; female; daughter (in 女儿)

  3 strokesRadical 女

Example sentences

• 我们的老师是女的。/我們的老師是女的。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) nǚ (third tone, dipping) de. (neutral tone)···

  Our teacher is a woman.

• 那个女孩子是我妹妹。/那個女孩子是我妹妹。Nàge (fourth tone, falling) nǚ (third tone, dipping) háizi (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) mèimei. (fourth tone, falling)···

  That girl is my younger sister.

Similar words

Words containing 女

• 女人nǚrén (third tone, dipping)woman, adult female
• 女儿/女兒nǚ (third tone, dipping) ér (second tone, rising)daughter
• 女性nǚ (third tone, dipping) xìng (fourth tone, falling)woman
• 女生nǚ (third tone, dipping) shēng (first tone, high and level)schoolgirl
• 美女měi (third tone, dipping) nǚ (third tone, dipping)beautiful woman
• 女士nǚ (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling)lady
• 女子nǚ (third tone, dipping) zǐ (third tone, dipping)woman
• 妇女/婦女fù (fourth tone, falling) nǚ (third tone, dipping)woman
• 女朋友nǚ (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)girlfriend
• 少女shào (fourth tone, falling) nǚ (third tone, dipping)girl
• 男女nán (second tone, rising) nǚ (third tone, dipping)male-female
• 子女zǐ (third tone, dipping) nǚ (third tone, dipping)children; sons and daughters
• 儿女/兒女ér (second tone, rising) nǚ (third tone, dipping)children; sons and daughters
• 仙女xiān (first tone, high and level) nǚ (third tone, dipping)fairy
• 孙女/孫女sūn (first tone, high and level) nǚ (third tone, dipping)son's daughter
• 女婿nǚ (third tone, dipping) xu (neutral tone)daughter's husband; son-in-law
• 母女mǔ (third tone, dipping) nǚ (third tone, dipping)mother and daughter