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女人 nǚrén “woman” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 女人 means

  1. woman

How to say 女人

    女人 in a sentence

    1. 站在那儿的女人是谁？

      Zhàn zài nàr de nǚrén shì shéi?

      Who is the woman standing there?

      Sentence #811015 from Tatoeba

    2. 这个女人在说什么？

      Zhè ge nǚrén zài shuō shénme?

      What is the woman saying?

      Sentence #2777866 from Tatoeba

    3. 我完全不认识那个女人。

      Wǒ wánquán bú rènshi nà ge nǚrén.

      I don’t know that woman at all.

      Sentence #1424380 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    How 女人 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 女 (nǚ) drawn as one shape
    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.

    The character 人 (rén) drawn as one shape
    人rénperson; people

    人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

    Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.

    How to write 女人

    女 3 strokes · 人 2 strokes

    Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

    女人 (nǚrén) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 女人 (nǚrén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 女人

    Words with 女

    女儿nǚ'ér · daughter女朋友nǚpéngyou · girlfriend女nǚ · female女孩儿nǚháir · girl女生nǚshēng · female student妇女fùnǚ · woman女士nǚshì · lady

    Words with 人

    人rén · person家人jiārén · family member男人nánrén · man别人biéren · other people客人kèrén · guest有人yǒurén · someone人们rénmen · people大人dàren · adult老人lǎorén · old person病人bìngrén · patient

    More words: Useful Extras

    没méi · no这儿zhèr · here那儿nàr · there男人nánrén · man第dì · ordinal prefix上面shàngmiàn · above下面xiàmiàn · below左zuǒ · left

    FAQs

    女人 (nǚrén) means “woman”. It is not on the official HSK lists, but we teach it with HSK 2 because learners need it early.
    Say it nǚrén: nǚrén. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 女人 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nuren with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 女人 from the suggestions. Typing nuren into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    女人 is not on the official HSK 2.0 word lists. It is a useful extra on our HSK 2 list, because learners need it from the start.

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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.