婦女

See also: 妇女

Chinese

		woman	female; woman; daughter
trad. (婦女)		婦	女
simp. (妇女)		妇	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): fùnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): фунү (funy, III-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁵ neoi⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu-ńg
Min Nan (POJ): hū-lú / hǔ-lír / hū-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fùnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhneu
  - IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: фунү (funy, III-II)
  - IPA ^(key): /fʊ⁴⁴ nyː⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁵ neoi⁵
  - Yale: fúh néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁵ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu⁵ nêu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː¹³ nɵy̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu-ńg
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu ng`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴ ng³
  - IPA: /fu⁵⁵ ŋ̍³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-lú
  - Tâi-lô: hū-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huxluo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hu²²⁻²¹ lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu³³⁻¹¹ lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǔ-lír
  - Tâi-lô: hǔ-lír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hu²² lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hū-lí
  - Tâi-lô: hū-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huxlie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/

Noun

婦女

woman
尊重婦女 / 尊重妇女 ― zūnzhòng fùnǚ ― to respect women

婦女庇護所 / 妇女庇护所 ― fùnǚ bìhùsuǒ ― women's shelter

育齡婦女 / 育龄妇女 ― yùlíng fùnǚ ― women of childbearing age

婦女能頂半邊天 / 妇女能顶半边天 ― fùnǚ néng dǐng bànbiāntiān ― women hold up half the sky

Usage notes

When referring to an adult female in a neutral sense, 婦女／妇女 (fùnǚ) and 女的 (nǚde) are often preferred to the synonym 女人 (nǚrén) which can carry potentially offensive connotations of a female of low social standing or worth (similar to woman and lady in English).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 女人 (“woman”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		女子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		女子, 女士, 女人, 女生, 女性, 婦女, 婦人
Mandarin	Beijing	女的, 娘們兒
	Taiwan	女生
	Jinan	女人, 女的, 娘們兒
	Xi'an	女人, 女的
	Wuhan	女的, 女將, 姑娘婆婆
	Chengdu	女的, 女人, 婆娘
	Yangzhou	女人家
	Hefei	女的, 奶奶們
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女人, 婆乸
	Hong Kong	女人, 婆乸
	Yangjiang	妹仔, 夫娘
Gan	Nanchang	女人, 女個
Hakka	Meixian	女個, 婦人家
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	細妹人, 婦人家
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人
	Dongshi (Dabu)	細妹人, 婦人家
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	細妹人, 婦人家, 餔娘人
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	妹子人, 夫娘人
Jin	Taiyuan	女人, 女的
Min Bei	Jian'ou	阿娘人, 婦女人
Min Dong	Fuzhou	諸娘人, 女界
Min Nan	Xiamen	查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated
	Quanzhou	查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated
	Zhangzhou	查某, 查某人, 婦人人, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘人 dated
	Taipei	查某, 查某人, 婦人人
	Penang	查某
	Philippines (Manila)	查某, 查某人
	Chaozhou	諸娘
Wu	Suzhou	女人
Wu	Wenzhou	女嘅, 老人客
Xiang	Changsha	女的, 女人家, 堂客, 堂客們
Xiang	Shuangfeng	女人家, 堂客們

Derived terms

三八婦女節／三八妇女节 (Sān-Bā Fùnǚjié)
國際婦女節／国际妇女节
婦女團體／妇女团体
婦女新知基金會／妇女新知基金会
婦女會／妇女会
婦女病／妇女病 (fùnǚbìng)
婦女研究／妇女研究 (fùnǚ yánjiū)

婦女節／妇女节 (Fùnǚjié)
婦女解放運動／妇女解放运动
婦女運動／妇女运动
家庭婦女／家庭妇女 (jiātíng fùnǚ)
職業婦女／职业妇女
良家婦女／良家妇女

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (婦女):

→ Japanese: 婦 (ふ)女 (じょ) (fujo)
→ Korean: 부녀 (婦女, bunyeo)
→ Vietnamese: phụ nữ (婦女)

See also

姑娘 (gūniang)
女孩 (nǚhái)
女士 (nǚshì)
女性 (nǚxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
婦	女
ふ Grade: 5	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝʑo̞]

Noun

婦女 (hiragana ふじょ, rōmaji fujo)

woman; womankind

Derived terms

婦 (ふ)女 (じょ)暴 (ぼう)行 (こう) (fujo bōkō, “rape”)
婦 (ふ)女 (じょ)子 (し) (fujoshi, “women and children; a woman, grown woman, wife”)

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