pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
妇
婦
fu4
woman
strokes
11
radical
strokes after radical
8
产妇
產婦
chan3 fu4
woman recuperating after childbirth; woman in childbirth
娼妇
娼婦
chang1 fu4
prostitute
长舌妇
長舌婦
chang2 she2 fu4
female gossip; busybody
春妇
春婦
chun1 fu4
prostitute
荡妇
蕩婦
dang4 fu4
slut; floozy; prostitute
弟妇
弟婦
di4 fu4
younger brother's wife; sister-in-law
刁妇
刁婦
diao1 fu4
shrew; virago
恶妇
惡婦
e4 fu4
vicious wife
儿媳妇
兒媳婦
er2 xi2 fu5
daughter-in-law
儿媳妇儿
兒媳婦兒
er2 xi2 fu5 er5
erhua variant of 兒媳婦|儿媳妇
二产妇
二產婦
er4 chan3 fu4
lady who has given birth twice
夫唱妇随
夫唱婦隨
fu1 chang4 fu4 sui2
fig. the man sings and the woman follows; fig. marital harmony
夫妇
夫婦
fu1 fu4
a (married) couple; husband and wife
妇产科
婦產科
fu4 chan3 ke1
department of gynecology and obstetrics; birth clinic
妇道人家
婦道人家
fu4 dao5 ren2 jia5
woman (derog.)
妇姑勃溪
婦姑勃谿
fu4 gu1 bo2 xi1
dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
妇好
婦好
fu4 hao3
Fu Hao (c. 1200 BC), or Lady Hao, female Chinese general of the late Shang Dynasty 商朝
妇科
婦科
fu4 ke1
gynecology
妇联
婦聯
fu4 lian2
women's league; women's association
妇女
婦女
fu4 nv3
woman
妇女节
婦女節
fu4 nv3 jie2
International Women's Day (March 8)
妇女能顶半边天
婦女能頂半邊天
fu4 nv3 neng2 ding3 ban4 bian1 tian1
Woman can hold up half the sky; fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
妇女运动
婦女運動
fu4 nv3 yun4 dong4
women's movement; feminism
妇女主任
婦女主任
fu4 nv3 zhu3 ren4
director of the local committee of the Women's Federation
妇人
婦人
fu4 ren2
married woman
妇人之仁
婦人之仁
fu4 ren2 zhi1 ren2
excessive tendency to clemency (idiom); soft-hearted (pejorative)
妇孺皆知
婦孺皆知
fu4 ru2 jie1 zhi1
understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
妇幼
婦幼
fu4 you4
women and children
寡妇
寡婦
gua3 fu5
widow
贵妇
貴婦
gui4 fu4
upper-class woman; lady (old)
贵妇犬
貴婦犬
gui4 fu4 quan3
poodle
贵妇人
貴婦人
gui4 fu4 ren2
dame
国际妇女节
國際婦女節
guo2 ji4 fu4 nv3 jie2
International Women's Day (March 8)
悍妇
悍婦
han4 fu4
violent woman; shrew
红寡妇鸟
紅寡婦鳥
hong2 gua3 fu5 niao3
Red Bishop; Euplectes orix
家妇
家婦
jia1 fu4
wife (old)
家庭主妇
家庭主婦
jia1 ting2 zhu3 fu4
housewife
奸夫淫妇
姦夫淫婦
jian1 fu1 yin2 fu4
adulterous couple
老妇人
老婦人
lao3 fu4 ren2
old lady (term of modesty)
嫠妇
嫠婦
li2 fu4
widow (formal)
农妇
農婦
nong2 fu4
peasant woman (in former times); female farm worker
匹夫匹妇
匹夫匹婦
pi3 fu1 pi3 fu4
ordinary people; commoners
姘妇
姘婦
pin1 fu4
mistress; concubine; kept woman
泼妇
潑婦
po1 fu4
shrew; vixen
泼妇骂街
潑婦罵街
po1 fu4 ma4 jie1
shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife
巧妇
巧婦
qiao3 fu4
clever wife; ingenious housewife; Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
巧妇难为无米之炊
巧婦難為無米之炊
qiao3 fu4 nan2 wei2 wu2 mi3 zhi1 chui1
The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
情妇
情婦
qing2 fu4
mistress; paramour (of married man)
娶媳妇
娶媳婦
qu3 xi2 fu4
to get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law
妊妇
妊婦
ren4 fu4
expecting mother
少妇
少婦
shao4 fu4
young married woman
鼠妇
鼠婦
shu3 fu4
woodlouse; pill bug
双独夫妇
雙獨夫婦
shuang1 du2 fu1 fu4
a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child
孀妇
孀婦
shuang1 fu4
widow (formal)
天妇罗
天婦羅
tian1 fu4 luo2
tempura; deep-fried cooking; also called 甜不辣
童养媳妇
童養媳婦
tong2 yang3 xi2 fu4
child bride; girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
外甥媳妇
外甥媳婦
wai4 sheng5 xi2 fu4
sister's son's wife
慰安妇
慰安婦
wei4 an1 fu4
comfort woman
媳妇
媳婦
xi2 fu4
daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman
媳妇熬成婆
媳婦熬成婆
xi2 fu4 ao2 cheng2 po2
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom); fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor; what goes around comes around
媳妇儿
媳婦兒
xi2 fu5 er5
wife; young married woman
消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约
消除對婦女一切形式歧視公約
xiao1 chu2 dui4 fu4 nv3 yi1 qie4 xing2 shi4 qi2 shi4 gong1 yue1
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
小媳妇
小媳婦
xiao3 xi2 fu5
young married woman; mistress; (fig.) punching bag; (old) child bride
新妇
新婦
xin1 fu4
bride; (dialect) daughter-in-law
新婚夫妇
新婚夫婦
xin1 hun1 fu1 fu4
newly married couple; newlyweds
妖妇
妖婦
yao1 fu4
witch (esp. European)
淫妇
淫婦
yin2 fu4
loose woman; prostitute; Jezebel
佣妇
傭婦
yong1 fu4
maid; female servant; domestic worker; domestic helper; housekeeper
有夫之妇
有夫之婦
you3 fu1 zhi1 fu4
married woman
渔妇
漁婦
yu2 fu4
fisherwoman
孕妇
孕婦
yun4 fu4
pregnant woman
孕妇装
孕婦裝
yun4 fu4 zhuang1
maternity dress
侄媳妇
姪媳婦
zhi2 xi2 fu5
brother's son's wife; nephew's wife
中华全国妇女联合会
中華全國婦女聯合會
zhong1 hua2 quan2 guo2 fu4 nv3 lian2 he2 hui4
All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)
主妇
主婦
zhu3 fu4
housewife; woman of senior authority in a household; the lady of the house; hostess