女人

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation 1

Noun

女人

  1. woman; adult female (Classifier: 個／个)
    一個陌生女人的來信 [MSC, trad.]
    一个陌生女人的来信 [MSC, simp.]
    yīge mòshēng nǚrén de láixìn [Pinyin]
    a letter from an unknown woman
    我不想和這種不要臉的女人講話。 [MSC, trad.]
    我不想和这种不要脸的女人讲话。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ bù xiǎng hé zhè zhǒng bùyàoliǎn de nǚrén jiǎnghuà. [Pinyin]
    I don't wish to speak to such a shameless woman.
  2. (colloquial) lover; mistress (Classifier: 個／个)
Usage notes
  • When referring to an adult female in a neutral sense, 婦女／妇女 (fùnǚ) and 女的 (nǚde) are often preferred, as 女人 (nǚrén) can carry potentially offensive connotations of a female of low social standing or worth (similar to woman and lady in English).
Synonyms
  • (woman):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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Pronunciation 2

Noun

女人

  1. (colloquial) wife
Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (女人):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Korean: 여인(女人) (yeoin)
  • → Vietnamese: nữ nhân (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Others:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
女 人
にょ
Grade: 1		 にん
Grade: 1
goon

Noun

女(にょ)人(にん) • (nyonin) 

  1. A woman; a female.

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Korean
Hanja in this term
女人

Noun

女人 • (yeoin) (hangeul 여인)

  1. Hanja form? of 여인 (“woman”).
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