Chinese word

妇女

Pronunciation

Pinyinfù nǚ

Meaning

  • nounwomen

Example

社区为妇女举办了义诊。shè qū wèi fù nǚ jǔ bàn le yì zhěn

The community held a free medical clinic for women.

Illustration for 妇女 (women)

More examples

医院为妇女提供了免费体检。yī yuàn wèi fù nǚ tí gōng le miǎn fèi tí jiǎn

The hospital provided women with free medical checkups.

Core concept

Adult women viewed together as a public or social group rather than as individual people.

Common phrases

  • 妇女权益fù nǚ quán yì

    women's rights

  • 妇女健康fù nǚ jiàn kāng

    women's health

  • 妇女就业fù nǚ jiù yè

    women's employment

Similar words

女性nǚ xìng: The general category of women viewed by sex or gender.
女士nǚ shì: A polite title used when addressing or referring to a woman.
女人nǚ rén: An informal spoken term meaning a woman or female person.
女子nǘ zǐ: A term for a female group or category, such as students or sports teams.

Definition in Chinese

指成年女性的集合称呼，常见于政府公告、社会服务和公益活动的语境，不作为对单个陌生人的直接称呼。zhǐ chéng nián nǚ xìng de jí hé chēng hū cháng jiàn yú zhèng fǔ gōng gào shè huì fú wù hé gōng yì huó dòng de yǔ jìng bú zuò wéi duì dān gè mò shēng rén de zhí jiē chēng hū

Word origin

妇 (fù, "woman or wife") + 女 (nǚ, "woman") combine to form a collective label for adult women, with the older woman-related sense of 妇 broadened in modern formal usage.

Usage tips

  • Chinese uses this form especially in institutional and public contexts, while everyday speech often chooses a person's name or a respectful title for one woman.

Opposites

Related words

  • 妇女节fù nǚ jiéWomen's Daynoun
  • 妇女联合会fù nǚ lián hé huìwomen's federationnoun
  • 妇女权利fù nǚ quán lìwomen's rightsnoun

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