# 婦女
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fùnǚ
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фунү (funü, III-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^5$ neoi$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fu-ńg
    (Hailu, HRS): fu$^˖$ ng$^ˊ$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hu$^5$ dy$^3$ / hu$^5$ ly$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hū-lú / hǔ-lír / hū-lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hu$^6$ neng$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$vu-gniu$_6$ / $^2$vu$_6$-gniu$_6$ / $^4$vu-gniu$_4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fùnǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄋㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fùnyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^4$-nü$^3$
*** Yale: fù-nyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhneu
*** Palladius: фунюй (funjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фунү (funü, III-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /fou⁴⁴ ny⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^5$ neoi$^5$
*** Yale: fúh néuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^5$ noey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^5$ nêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː¹³ nɵy̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu-ńg
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu ng$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^4$ ng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵ ŋ̍³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^˖$ ng$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu³³ ŋ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hu$^5$ dy$^3$ [Phonetic: hu$^5$ ly$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hū-dṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /hu²¹ $^{(t-)}$ly⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hu$^5$ ly$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hu²¹ ly³³²/
* Southern Min
** (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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hu$^6$ neng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hŭ nṳ́ng
*** Sinological IPA : /hu³⁵⁻¹¹ nɯŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$vu-gniu$_6$
*** MiniDict: vu$^去$ nyu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$vu-nyy$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vu²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$vu$_6$-gniu$_6$
*** MiniDict: vu$^去$ nyu$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /vu²² n̠ʲy³³/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^4$vu-gniu$_4$
*** MiniDict: vu$^上$ nyu$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /vu²² n̠ʲy¹³/

### Noun

婦女
* (collective) 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
       bèi bàolì xiépò màiyín de fùnǚ [Pinyin]
       women who are violently coerced into prostitution
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Pèigōng jū Shāndōng shí, tān yú cáihuò, hǎo měi jī. Jīn rùguān, cáiwù wú suǒ qǔ, fùnǚ wú suǒ xìng, cǐ qí zhì bù zài xiǎo. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 8th century, Du Fu, 三絕句
    Diàn qián bīngmǎ suī xiāoxióng, zòngbào lüè yǔ Qiāng Hún tóng. Wéndào shārén Hànshuǐ shàng, fùnǚ duō zài guānjūn zhōng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### 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

* (figurative) 半邊天／半边天 (bànbiāntiān)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 女, 女子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 女子, 女士, 女人, 女生, 女性, 婦女, 婦人, 陰人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 女的, 娘們兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 女人, 女生 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 女的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 女性 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 女的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 女的, 婦女, 女子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 女的, 婦女, 婦道人家, 女性 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 女人, 女的, 婦女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 女人, 女的, 婦女, 婦道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 女人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 女人 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 女的, 娘們兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 女的, 女人, 婦道人家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 女的, 老娘兒們兒, 婦道人家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 女人, 女的, 老娘兒們, 娘兒們, 堂客兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 女的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 女人, 女的, 娘們兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 女人 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 女人, 女的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 女人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 女嘞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 女人家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 娘兒們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 娘兒們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 女人, 女的, 女人家, 婦女, 婦道人家, 婆娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 女人, 女人家, 女的, 婦道人, 婆娘們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 女人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 女人, 女的, 娘們兒, 婦道人家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 女人, 婆姨, 婆娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 女人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 女人, 婦女, 婆姨 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 女人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 女人, 女的, 婆娘們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 女人, 女人家, 女的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 女的, 女人, 婆娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 女人, 堂客, 女的, 婆娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 女的, 女人, 女將, 姑娘婆婆, 女人家, 婦道人家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 女人, 女的, 婦道人家, 婆娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 女人, 女的, 婦女, 婦道人家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 女人, 女人家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 女人, 女的, 女人家, 女人婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 女人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 姑娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 姑娘 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 女人, 女的, 婦道人家 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 女人家, 婦道人家, 堂客 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 女的, 女將, 女人家 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 女人家, 女的 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 女的, 女人, 奶奶們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 女將 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 婆娘 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 女人, 婆乸, 堂客 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 女人, 婆乸 derogatory |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 婦娘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 婦娘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 女人, 婦娘 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 女人, 婦娘 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 女人, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 女人, 老婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 女人, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 女人, 老婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 女人, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 女人, 老婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 女人, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 女人, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 女人, 老婆乸, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 女人, 老婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 女人, 老婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 女人, 夫娘 married, 大姊 unmarried, 娘仔 unmarried |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 妹仔, 夫娘 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 女人, 女人婆, 婆乸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 女人, 女人婆 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 女人, 婦娘人 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 女人, 女人婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 女人, 女人婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 女人, 娘嫲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 女人 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 女人, 婆 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 女人 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 女人, 女個 |
| Gan | Pengze | 女人 |
| Gan | Poyang | 女個 |
| Gan | Yugan | 女個 |
| Gan | Wannian | 女個 |
| Gan | Yiyang, Jiangxi | 女客 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 廂子 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 小娘子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 女客 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 女人, 女人家 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 女個, 婦人家, 妹仔人, 大細姑 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 婦人家 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 婦女人, 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 婦人家, 婦道人家, 婦娘哩, 妹哩人 unmarried |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 女哩 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 女子人 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 婦娘嫲 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 婦娘嫲 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 女仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Changting | 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 婦娘子人 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 婦人家 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 婦人家 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 婦人畬 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 婦人畬 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 女子人 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 婦娘人, 婆太客 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 妹子人 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 婦娘子 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 婦人人 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細妹人, 婦人家, 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細妹人, 婦人家 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 細妹人, 婦人家, 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 細妹人, 婦人家 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 細妹人, 婦人家, 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 妹子人, 婦娘人 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 婦娘 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 婦娘婆 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 婦女 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 婦娘嫲 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 婦娘嫲 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 婦娘婆 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 婦娘婆 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 女子, 婦女 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 婦娘婆 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 女人 |
| Hakka | Senai (Hepo) | 妹仔 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 女人家 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 婦女 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 女客 |
| Huizhou | Chun'an (Qiandaohu) | 女客, 女家 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Meicheng) | 女人家 |
| Huizhou | Jiande (Shouchang) | 內客 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 女人, 女的, 女人家, 娘們兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 婆姨們, 婦道人家, 女人家 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 女人, 女的, 女人家, 婦道人家 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 女人 |
| Jin | Linhe | 女人家, 女人, 女的 |
| Jin | Jining | 女人 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 女人, 婦女, 婦道人家 |
| Jin | Baotou | 女人 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 女人 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 女人 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 女人家, 女的, 婦女 |
| Jin | Handan | 女人, 女的, 娘們 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 阿娘人, 阿娘, 婦女人 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 阿娘人, 阿娘 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 阿娘 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 阿娘 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 阿娘客 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 阿娘 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 阿娘 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 阿娘人, 阿娘 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 諸娘儂, 女界, 女子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 女界, 諸娘儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 諸娘儂 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 諸娘儂 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 諸娘儂 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 諸娘儂, 婦女儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 諸娘儂, 諸娘 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 諸母 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 諸母儂 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 婦女儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 諸母儂 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 諸娘 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 查某, 查某儂, 婦人儂, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘儂 dated |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 查某, 查某儂, 婦人儂, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘儂 dated |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 查某, 查某儂, 諸娘, 諸娘儂 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 查某, 查某儂, 婦人儂, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘儂 dated |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 查某, 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 查某個 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 查某個 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 查某, 查某儂, 諸娘 dated, 諸娘儂 dated |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 查某, 查某儂, 女個, 諸娘 obsolete |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 諸母儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 女儂, 查某儂 married, 妹仔儂 married |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Pingtian) | 女儂 |
| Southern Min | Cangnan | 查某儂, 查某 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 諸娘 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 諸娘 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 諸娘 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 查某, 諸娘儂 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 諸娘, 諸娘儂, 查某 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 查某儂 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Teochew) | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 查某, 諸娘 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 查某, 婆姩 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 查某, 婆姩 middle-aged and elderly, 婆姩儂 middle-aged and elderly |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 查某 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 查某 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 嬸娘, 嬸娘儂, 婦女 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 嬸娘, 婦女 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 嬸娘 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 嬸娘, 嬸娘儂 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 嬸娘, 小娘儂, 諸娘儂, 小娘, 弱姆, 婦女 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 弱姆, 小娘 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 小娘, 婦女, 婦女儂 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 查某儂 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 阿娘倽 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 阿娘倽 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 阿娘倽 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 女人 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 總母 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 女儂, 查某 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 女人, 女人婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Xinxu) | 女人 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 女人, 女個 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 女人 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 女人 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 女人 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 女人 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 女人 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 女人 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 女人 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 女人 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 女人 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 女人 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 女人 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 婦娘 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 婦娘人 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 女家 married, 姑娘家 married |
| Wu | Shanghai | 女人, 女個, 女人家 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 女人, 女個, 女客, 女客家 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 女人 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 女人家 |
| Wu | Jiashan | 女人 |
| Wu | Pinghu | 女人 |
| Wu | Haining (Yanguan) | 女客, 女人家 |
| Wu | Tongxiang | 女人家 |
| Wu | Danyang | 女個, 女個家 |
| Wu | Huzhou | 女人家 |
| Wu | Changxing | 女人家 |
| Wu | Anji | 女人家 |
| Wu | Deqing | 女人家 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 女人家 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 女人家 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Lin'an) | 女人, 女人家 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) | 女人 |
| Wu | Tonglu | 女人, 女人家 |
| Wu | Tonglu (Wusheng) | 女人, 老娘 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 女人 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 女人 |
| Wu | Shengzhou | 女人, 內客人 |
| Wu | Xinchang | 女人家, 女客人 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 女人, 女人家 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 女人 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Fenghua) | 女人, 女人頭 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 女人 |
| Wu | Cixi | 女人 |
| Wu | Xiangshan | 女人, 老女爿 |
| Wu | Ninghai | 女人, 內家 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 女人, 女客人 |
| Wu | Tiantai | 女人, 女客 |
| Wu | Xianju | 老孺人, 大娘 |
| Wu | Sanmen | 女人, 老孺人 |
| Wu | Linhai | 女人, 女客人 |
| Wu | Wenling | 老孺人 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 女個, 老人客, 老安人客, 院主兒 |
| Wu | Yueqing | 女個, 老人客 |
| Wu | Yongjia (Fenglin) | 老人客, 女個 |
| Wu | Rui'an | 老人客, 女個 |
| Wu | Pingyang | 女個, 老人客 |
| Wu | Taishun | 婦道人, 女介 |
| Wu | Wencheng | 老人客, 女個 |
| Wu | Lishui | 院主客 |
| Wu | Qingtian | 女個, 老人客 |
| Wu | Jinyun | 女客人, 女子人 |
| Wu | Wuyi (Liucheng) | 院主客 |
| Wu | Songyang (Xiping) | 院主客, 女個 |
| Wu | Yunhe | 院主客 |
| Wu | Jingning | 院主客 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | 奶儂, 宅眷客 |
| Wu | Longquan | 宅眷, 宅眷客 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 女子 |
| Wu | Suichang | 囡兒儂, 女介 |
| Wu | Jiangshan | 女子 |
| Wu | Changshan | 小娘兒 |
| Wu | Kaihua | 小娘家 |
| Wu | Longyou | 女子, 女主家 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 女個, 女人家 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 孺人家, 女子 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 內家 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 內家儂, 內客儂 |
| Wu | Pujiang | 女客 |
| Wu | Wuyi | 內客儂 |
| Wu | Lanxi | 孺人家 |
| Wu | Shangrao | 女人 |
| Wu | Shangrao (Guangfeng) | 女家, 堂客 |
| Wu | Yushan | 婦女 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 女的, 女人家, 堂客, 堂客們 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 女人家 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 女人家, 堂客們 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 堂客 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 婦女 |

#### 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
* 婦女章 / 妇女章 (“Women, the fourth sura of the Qur'an”)
* 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

* → 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

* IPA: [ɸɯ̟ʑo̞]

### Noun

婦(ふ)女(じょ) • (fujo)
* woman; womankind

#### Derived terms

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

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 婦 | 女 |

### Noun

婦女
* chữ Hán form of phụ nữ (“woman”).