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

• 民女 woman from an ordinary family
• 女管家 housekeeper
• 娼女 prostitute
• 侄孙女(姪孫女) grand niece
• 干物女(乾物女) single girl who is not interested in relationships, living a lackadaisical life
• 女厕(女廁) ladies washroom; ladies toilet
• 孙女婿(孫女婿) son's daughter's husband; granddaughter's husband
• 女净房(女淨房) ladies; ladies restroom
• 妖女 beautiful woman
• 王女 the daughter of a king; a princess
• 婇女 a maiden
• 狗男女 a couple engaged in an illicit love affair; a cheating couple
• 女汉子(女漢子) masculine woman
• 男左女右 the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)
• 好男不跟女斗(好男不跟女鬥) a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk
• 男女关系(男女關係) man-woman connection; intimate relationship
• 寄女 foster daughter
• 男女老少 men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
• 女武神 valkyrie
• 女性贬抑(女性貶抑) misogyny
• 望女成凤(望女成鳳) to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix; to hope one's daughter is a success in life
• 三个女人一台戏(三個女人一臺戲) three women are enough for a drama
• 女衬衫(女襯衫) blouse
• 处女座(處女座) Virgo
• 神女有心，襄王无梦(神女有心，襄王無夢) the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream; (said of a woman's unrequited love)
• 私生子女 illegitimate child; bastard; love child
• 小女人 dainty and delicate girl; concubine
• 月亮女神号(月亮女神號) SELENE, Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft, launched in 2007
• 机女(機女) a female weaver
• 犹女(猶女) niece
• 童女 virgin female
• 齐女(齊女) wife of a prince from the state of Qi
• 良家女子 woman from a respectable family; respectable woman
• 女优(女優) actress
• 佔人妻女 to take somebody's wife and daughters
• 男才女貌 talented man and beautiful woman; ideal couple
• 处女作(處女作) first publication; maiden work
• 女公爵 duchess
• 女大当嫁(女大當嫁) for a woman to be an age suitable to marry
• 外孙女(外孫女) daughter's daughter; granddaughter
• 女警 policewoman
• 女警员(女警員) a policewoman
• 女儿(女兒) daughter ; a woman; a female ; an unmarried woman
• 心动女(心動女) the girl of your dreams
• 亲生子女(親生子女) natural child
• 姹女(奼女) beautiful girl ; mercury
• 女修道院 convent
• 娇娇女(嬌嬌女) pampered girl from an affluent family

Also contained in

自由女神像 、 女真语 、 女生

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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: 11
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 贯女 (貫女) 三歲貫女 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧碩鼠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Shou Shu — count: 3
• 女心 (女心) 女心傷悲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧七月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Qi Yue — count: 3
• 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
• 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
• 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