女子 nǚzǐ woman
woman; female
How to remember 女子: 女 woman + 子 child = woman.
Characters
How it is used
- A formal or set-phrase word for "woman/female," as in categories: 女子单打 (nǚzǐ dāndǎ) women's singles, 女子学校.
- Contrast 女人 (nǚrén), the everyday spoken word, and 妇女 (fùnǚ), women collectively in official register.
- On its own 女子 sounds literary; in compounds it's the neutral "women's" label.
Example sentences
- 她上女子高中。 Tā shàng nǚzǐ gāozhōng.She goes to a girls' high school.