女 (neoi5 neoi5*2 | nv3 ru3) : woman

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女

neoi5 neoi5*2

nv3 ru3

[1] [n] woman; female [2] [n] daughter; girl; maiden; lady [3] feminine [4] name of one of the 28 constellations [5] Kangxi radical 38

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Stroke count: 3

Level: 1

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

女

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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女人 neoi5 jan4*2 nv3 ren2 = woman; girl

女朋友 neoi5 pang4 jau5 nv3 peng2 you3 = girlfriend

女仔 neoi5 zai2 = girl 粵

女人味 neoi5 jan4*2 mei6 nv3 ren2 wei4 = feminine

少女 siu3 neoi5 shao4 nv3 = a young woman; a girl; a young lady

女子 neoi5 zi2 nv3 zi3 = [1] woman; [2] female

女工 neoi5 gung1 = a working woman, working-class girl

女孩 neoi5 haai4 nv3 hai2 = girl; lass 國

女兒 neoi5 ji4 nv3 er2 = daughter 國

仙女 sin1 neoi5*2 xian1 nv3 = fairy; female celestial
See all 214 compounds (CantoDict reports 223 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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嗰個女仔好可愛。粵
That girl is so cute.

你見過佢個女朋友未呀？粵
Have you seen his girlfriend before?

其實呢，我有老公㗎…仲有個女添粵
Actually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot!
[呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.]

點呀?又同女朋友嗌交咧? 粵
What's the matter? Bickering with your girlfriend again?

今日我同我女朋友掟煲粵
I broke up with my girlfriend today.

現代嘅女裝恤衫，露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍，都係已經成為常態咗。粵
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.

點解佢冇女朋友？生得唔靚仔囉! 粵
Why doesn't he have a girlfriend? Because he's not handsome, of course!

佢咁醜，梗係追唔到女仔啦! 粵
He's so ugly, of course he can't get a girl(friend)!

阿媽同我女朋友傾到好投契粵
My mom and girlfriend are having such a kindred conversation.

你條女發嬲啦，仲唔快啲箍煲粵
Your girl is throwing tantrums. Quickly go appease her.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 女
Unicode code for this character: U+5973 (off-site link)

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