HSK 5 · Family

女士 nǚshì “lady” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 女士 means

  1. lady
  2. madam
  3. Miss
  4. Ms

Measure word 个 gè or 位 wèi · 一个女士 yí ge nǚshì

How to say 女士

    女士 in a sentence

    1. 女士优先。

      Nǚshì yōuxiān.

      Ladies first.

      Sentence #352011 from Tatoeba

    2. 那位女士说土耳其语吗？

      Nà wèi nǚshì shuō Tǔ'ěrqíyǔ ma?

      Does that lady speak Turkish?

      Sentence #2064587 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    3. 他帮助这位女士上车。

      Tā bāngzhù zhè wèi nǚshì shàng chē.

      He helped the lady into the car.

      Sentence #889622 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

    How 女士 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 士 (shì) drawn as one shape
    士shìmember of the senior ministerial class

    士 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

    How to write 女士

    女 3 strokes · 士 3 strokes

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

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

    Words related to 女士

    Words with 女

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

    Words with 士

    博士bóshì · doctorate硕士shuòshì · master’s degree护士hùshi · nurse士兵shìbīng · soldier人士rénshì · public figure绅士shēnshì · gentleman

    More words: People, Body & Health

    姥姥lǎolao · grandma (mother’s mother)老婆lǎopo · wife (informal)离婚líhūn · to divorce恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love青春qīngchūn · youth青少年qīngshàonián · adolescent娶qǔ · to take a wife人类rénlèi · humanity

    FAQs

    女士 (nǚshì) means “lady” or “madam”. It is an HSK 5 word.
    Say it nǚshì: nǚshì. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 女士 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Use 个 (gè) or 位 (wèi). For example, one lady is 一个女士 (yí ge nǚshì).
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 女士 from the suggestions. Typing nushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    女士 is an HSK 5 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.