The Chinese word for woman is
女人
nǚ rénChinese Definition
woman | |
1. 名词. (成年的)女人,女性,女子,婦女 | |
2. 名词. (無冠詞、總稱)女人 | |
3. 名词. (帶冠詞)女人味,女人氣質 | |
4. 名词. (俗) 女傭,女僕 | |
5. 名词. (俗) 愛人,情婦 | |
6. 名词. (俚) 妻子 | |
Components | |
女 | |
1. Variant of 汝 | |
人 | |
1. man; person; people | |
人類 (rénlèi) - humans | |
那 人 是 誰? (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person? | |
嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎? - Who is that person? | |
有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door. | |
2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er | |
主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host | |
^北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger | |
香港人 - Hongkonger | |
3. body | |
人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not | |
這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days. | |
今天 上午 你 人 在 哪? (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning? | |
4. everybody; everyone | |
人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.) | |
人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge | |
5. other people; others | |
人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say) | |
害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself | |
6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality | |
就我所知,他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad). | |
我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is. | |
佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎? - Exactly what kind of person is he? | |
7. manpower; worker; employee | |
我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now. | |
8. talent; person of talent | |
9. (obsolete) common people; commoner | |
10. adult; grown-up | |
長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult | |
11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others | |
12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun | |
?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they | |
13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse | |
人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse | |
人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse | |
14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend | |
15. artificial; man-made | |
人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster | |
16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world | |
17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word | |
18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén) | |
19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén) | |
20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén) | |
21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia. | |
別 磨蹭ceng 啦,人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢! (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB | |
哎呀,人 孩子zi 考上shang ^哈佛 ^大學 啦,多 出息xi 呀! (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB | |
人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r,就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le. | |
22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother |
Translations for 人 and their definitions
婦女 | |
1. n. (collective) woman | |
尊重 婦女 - to respect women | |
婦女 庇護所 - women's shelter | |
育齡 婦女 - women of childbearing age | |
婦女 能 頂 半邊天 - women hold up half the sky | |
被 暴力 脅迫 賣淫 的 婦女 - women who are violently coerced into prostitution | |
2. usage. When referring to an adult female in a neutral sense, lady in English). |
妇女 | |
1. Simplified form of 婦女 |
女人 | |
1. n. woman; adult female | |
一個 陌生 女人 的 來信 - a letter from an unknown woman | |
我 不 想 和 這 種 不要臉 的 女人 講話。 - I don't wish to speak to such a shameless woman. | |
2. n. (colloquial) lover; mistress | |
3. n. =====Usage notes===== | |
4. n. (colloquial) wife |
女性 | |
1. n. (often, attributive) the female sex; female | |
女性 衛生 用品 - feminine hygiene products | |
2. n. woman; female | |
月經期 女性 - menstruating women |
女的 | |
1. n. (colloquial) female; woman | |
你 是 男的 抑是 女的 嗎?若是 女的,許個 女的 說 你 著 買 女的 的 衫,了 去 女的 的 廁所 穿衫。 (Lí sǐ lâm--ê á-sǐ lú--ê ba? Nǎ-sǐ lú--ê, hi-gê lú--ê seh lí tio̍h bóe lú--ê ê saⁿ, liáu khì lú--ê ê chhè-só͘ chhēng-saⁿ.) - Are you a b | |
2. usage. When referring to an adult female in a neutral sense, lady in English). |
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