妇 (fù): woman, wife
妇 (fù) is a Chinese character meaning “woman, wife.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (structural) and 彐 (structural). It ranks #932 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 妇 simplified form of 婦; a woman 女 with a broom 彐. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).
Definitions
- woman, wife
Etymology & Origin
ideographicSimplified form of 婦; a woman 女 with a broom 彐
Decomposition: ⿰女彐 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 妇
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荡妇noun | dàng fù | prostitute |
| 主妇noun | zhǔ fù | housewife |
| 寡妇noun | guǎ fu | widow |
| 情妇noun | qíng fù | mistress |
| 孕妇noun | yùn fù | pregnant woman |
| 妇人noun | fù rén | married woman |
| 泼妇noun | pō fù | shrew |
| 妇科noun | fù kē | gynecology |
| 妇产科noun | fù chǎn kē | department of gynecology and obstetrics |
| 儿媳妇noun | ér xí fù | daughter-in-law |
| 贵妇noun | guì fù | upper-class woman |
| 娼妇noun | chāng fù | prostitute |
| 产妇noun | chǎn fù | woman recuperating after childbirth |
| 妇孺noun | fù rú | women and children |
| 少妇noun | shào fù | young married woman |
妇 appears in 86 compound words: 21 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 23 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 妇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (12)
the husband advocates/sings and the wife follows; harmony between husband and wife
the husband advocates/sings and the wife follows; harmony between husband and wife
Example Sentences
妇女节那天，公司给所有女员工放了半天假。
Fùnǚjié nà tiān, gōngsī gěi suǒyǒu nǚ yuángōng fàng le bàn tiān jià.
On Women's Day, the company gave all female employees a half-day off.
食八宝饭误吞枣核 62岁翁肚大如孕妇
shí bā bǎo fàn wù tūn zǎo hé suì wēng dù dà rú yùn fù
62-Year-Old Man's Belly Swells to Pregnant Woman's Size After Swallowing Date Pit While Eating Eight-Treasure Rice
珍惜生命|秀茂坪顺利邨45岁妇堕楼 昏迷送院抢救不治
zhēn xī shēng mìng xiù mào píng shùn lì 邨 suì fù duò lóu hūn mí sòng yuàn qiǎng jiù bù zhì
Cherish Life | 45-Year-Old Woman Falls from Building in Shui Mau Ping Shun Lee Estate, Dies After Being Hospitalized in Coma
秀茂坪顺利邨妇人堕楼亡 原因待查
xiù mào píng shùn lì 邨 fù rén duò lóu wáng yuán yīn dài chá
Woman Falls to Her Death at Shui Mei Ping Shun Lee Estate; Cause Under Investigation
马年迎新!湖南省妇幼保健院喜迎24名“小骏马”宝宝
mǎ nián yíng xīn ! hú nán shěng fù yòu bǎo jiàn yuàn xǐ yíng míng xiǎo jùn mǎ bǎo bǎo
The Year of the Horse! Hunan Maternal and Child Health Hospital welcomes 24 "Little Stallion" babies!
你媳妇怎么样，汤姆？
Nǐ xífù zěnmeyàng, Tāngmǔ?
How's your wife, Tom?
史密斯夫妇现在分居了。
Shǐmìsī fūfù xiànzài fēnjū le.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith live apart from each other now.
寡妇为她的丈夫哀悼了很久。
Guǎfu wèi tā de zhàngfu āidào le hěn jiǔ.
The widow mourned her husband for a long time.
主妇给地毯吸了尘。
Zhǔfù gěi dìtǎn xī le chén.
The homemaker vacuumed the carpet.
老天！我杀了一个孕妇！
Lǎotiān! wǒ shā le yī gè yùnfù!
Oh my god! I've killed a pregnant woman!
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