女 nǚ

1. nǚ adjective female; feminine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: A bound form in modern Chinese (ABC 'nǚ' 1; Kroll 2015 '女' 1; Unihan '女')
2. nǚ noun female
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A bound form in modern Chinese (ABC 'nǚ' 1; Kroll 2015 '女' 1; Unihan '女')
3. nǚ noun Kangxi radical 38
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Woman (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Unihan '女')
4. nǜ verb to marry off a daughter
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 女 is synonymous with 嫁女 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '女' nǜ)
5. nǚ noun daughter
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 女 is synonymous with 女儿 in this sense. It is a bound form in modern Chinese (ABC 'nǚ' 2; Kroll 2015 '女' 2).
6. rǔ pronoun you; thou
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A variant of 汝, used as a second person pronoun in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 77).
7. nǚ adjective soft; feminine
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '女' 3)
8. nǚ proper noun the Maiden lunar lodging
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '女' 4)
9. rǔ pronoun you
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 汝 second person personal pronoun (Kroll 2015 '女' rǔ)

Contained in

• 女士 lady; Ms.
• 女单(女單) women's singles
• 乱搞男女关系(亂搞男女關係) to be promiscuous; to sleep around
• 男女老少 men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
• 女人 woman; women ; wife
• 小女 my daughter
• 继子女(繼子女) stepchildren; adopted children
• 处女作(處女作) first publication; maiden work
• 采女 a title for an imperial concubine ; Cai Nu
• 淑女车(淑女車) ladies bicycle
• 家庭妇女(家庭婦女) housewife
• 女票 girlfriend
• 男盗女娼(男盜女娼) the men steal and the women work as prostitutes
• 绩女(績女) a female who spins thread
• 美女 a beautiful woman
• 婺女 Wunu
• 剩女 leftover woman (successful career woman who has remained single)
• 下女 a maid
• 姦妇女(姦婦女) rape
• 女巫 a witch
• 女墙(女牆) parapet ; courtyard perimeter wall
• 红男绿女(紅男綠女) young people decked out in gorgeous clothes
• 干物女(乾物女) single girl who is not interested in relationships, living a lackadaisical life
• 女方 the bride's side (of a wedding); of the bride's party
• 妇女能顶半边天(婦女能頂半邊天) Woman can hold up half the sky / nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
• 女卫(女衛) women's bathroom
• 少女 young girl
• 女娃 girl
• 长女(長女) eldest daughter
• 孙女(孫女) son's daughter; granddaughter
• 孝女 a filial daughter ; a daughter in mourning for her parents
• 倩女 beautiful woman
• 女人家 women (in general)
• 民女 woman from an ordinary family
• 实女(實女) female suffering absence or atresia of vagina (as birth defect)
• 幼女 young girl
• 男女授受不亲(男女授受不親) men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things
• 妇女运动(婦女運動) women's movement; feminism
• 狐女 fox lady
• 女性主义(女性主義) feminism
• 女傧相(女儐相) bridesmaid
• 女大十八变(女大十八變) a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood
• 女娲(女媧) Nu Wa
• 女大当嫁(女大當嫁) for a woman to be an age suitable to marry
• 女人气(女人氣) womanly temperament; femininity; effeminate (of male); cowardly; sissy
• 信女 a female lay Buddhist
• 女杰(女傑) woman of distinction; a woman to be admired or respected

Also contained in

神女峰 、 有女同车 、 还乡女 、 女生

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《女部》 Nǚ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 287
• 卷七十　表第八:　屬國表 Volume 70 Tables 8: Vassal States History of Liao 遼史 — count: 87
• 卷三百〇三 列傳第一百九十一 列女三 Volume 303 Biographies 191: Exemplary Women 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 75
• 卷三百〇一 列傳第一百八十九 列女一 Volume 301 Biographies 189: Exemplary Women 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 73
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 66
• 卷三百〇二 列傳第一百九十 列女二 Volume 302 Biographies 190: Exemplary Women 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 63
• 卷五十七　志第三十八:　百官三 內命婦 宮人女職 東宮官屬 親王府屬 太后兩宮官屬 大興府 諸京留守司諸京城宮苑提舉等職 按察司 諸路總管府、諸府、諸節鎮、防禦、刺史、縣鎮等職 諸轉運泉谷等職 諸府鎮兵馬等職 諸猛安部族及群牧等職 Volume 57 Treatises 38: Official Posts 3 - Women of the Inner Court; Palace Women with Official Positions; East Palace officials; Prince's Residence Subordinates; Officials of the Empress Dowager's Two Palaces; Daxing Prefecture; Officials in Charge of Offices, Palaces, and Parks in the Capital; Surveillance Commissions; Circuit Inspectors; Prefecture Governments; Town Administration; Defenses; Magistrates; County and Town Officials; Transportation and Grain Officials; Officials in Charge of Military Forces in the Prefectures; Officals in Charge of Pacifying Savage Tribes and Pastoral Peoples History of Jin 金史 — count: 62
• 卷一百二十一 列傳第九 公主 Volume 121 Biographies 9: Princesses History of Ming 明史 — count: 61
• 卷二百〇一　　列傳第八十八: 列女二 Volume 201 Biographies 88: Exemplary Women 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 56
• 卷十三　　列傳第一:　后妃上 Volume 13 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 55

Collocations

• 逆女 (逆女) 紀裂繻來逆女 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 8
• 女曰 (女曰) 女曰鷄鳴 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧女曰鷄鳴 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Nu Yue Ji Ming — count: 7
• 咨女 (咨女) 咨女殷商 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧蕩 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Dang — count: 7
• 女殷商 (女殷商) 咨女殷商 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧蕩 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Dang — count: 7
• 静女 (靜女) 靜女 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧靜女 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Jing Nu — count: 5
• 士女 (士女) 以穀我士女 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧甫田 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Fu Tian — count: 3
• 嗟女 (嗟女) 于嗟女兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 3
• 二女 (二女) 觀厥刑于二女 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — count: 3
• 女仳离 (女仳離) 有女仳離 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧中谷有蓷 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Zhong Gu You Tui — count: 3
• 去女 (去女) 逝將去女 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧碩鼠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Shou Shu — count: 3