女人 nǚrén — woman, adult female

Meanings

1. 1

   woman, adult female

   A woman. Like 男人 it is built from the modifier 女 plus 人. It describes rather than addresses: you call someone 老师 or 小姐, never 女人.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 女

  nǚ (third tone, dipping)

  woman; female; daughter (in 女儿)

  3 strokesRadical 女
• 人

  rén (second tone, rising)

  person, human being; people

  2 strokesRadical 人

Example sentences

• 那个女人是我们的老师。/那個女人是我們的老師。Nàge (fourth tone, falling) nǚrén (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) lǎoshī. (third tone, dipping)···

  That woman is our teacher.

• 商店里有很多女人。/商店裡有很多女人。Shāngdiàn (first tone, high and level) lǐ (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) nǚrén. (third tone, dipping)···

  There are a lot of women in the shop.

Common mistakes

• Not quite女人，您好！

  Correct小姐，您好！

  女人 states a fact about someone; it is not a form of address and sounds rude used that way. Address a woman by her role — 老师, 医生 — or with 小姐.

Similar words

Words containing 女

• 女nǚ (third tone, dipping)female, woman’s
• 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

Words containing 人

• 人rén (second tone, rising)person, people
• 有人yǒu (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising)someone
• 人们/人們rén (second tone, rising) men (neutral tone)people
• 别人/別人biérén (second tone, rising)other people, others; somebody else
• 人员/人員rén (second tone, rising) yuán (second tone, rising)staff
• 男人nánrén (second tone, rising)man, adult male
• 人生rén (second tone, rising) shēng (first tone, high and level)life (one's time on earth)
• 人民rén (second tone, rising) mín (second tone, rising)the people
• 人类/人類rén (second tone, rising) lèi (fourth tone, falling)humanity
• 个人/個人gèrén (fourth tone, falling)individual, oneself (as opposed to the group); personal
• 病人bìng (fourth tone, falling) rén (second tone, rising)sick person
• 人物rén (second tone, rising) wù (fourth tone, falling)person
• 家人jiā (first tone, high and level) rén (second tone, rising)family member
• 敌人/敵人dí (second tone, rising) rén (second tone, rising)enemy
• 人家rén (second tone, rising) jia (neutral tone)other people
• 人士rén (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling)person
• 客人kèrén (fourth tone, falling)guest, visitor; customer