Sentence #2779132 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 女儿 is built
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女nǚfemale
女 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a woman kneeling with her arms folded.
儿érchild
丿slash · piě
乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ
Memory aidSimplified from 兒, a child drawn with a big head. Only the legs 儿 are left today.
How to write 女儿
女 3 strokes · 儿 2 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 女儿 (nǚ'ér). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
女儿 (nǚ’ér) means “daughter”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it nǚ’ér: nǚ'ér. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 女儿 is written 女兒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nuer with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 女儿 from the suggestions. Typing nuer into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
女儿 is an HSK 1 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
