女人 nǚrén woman
How to remember 女人: 女 woman + 人 person = woman.
Characters
How it is used
- The plain word for an adult woman - 那个女人很漂亮 (nàge nǚrén hěn piàoliang) that woman is beautiful.
- Register matters: 女人 can sound blunt or earthy. Use 女士 (nǚshì) for polite address (madam/Ms.) and 女性 (nǚxìng) for the neutral/formal 'female' in writing or statistics.
- Colloquially 我女人 can mean 'my woman/wife,' which is informal and a bit rough.
Example sentences
- 我是个女人。 Wǒ shì gè nǚrén.I'm a lady.
- 那个女人我认识。 Nàge nǚrén wǒ rènshi.I know that woman.
- 这个女人很幽默。 Zhège nǚrén hěn yōumò.This woman is humorous.