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