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Definitions

  1. 1. woman

Words Containing 妇

媳妇
xí fù

daughter-in-law

妇人之仁
fù rén zhī rén

excessive tendency to clemency (idiom)

奸夫淫妇
jiān fū yín fù

adulterous couple

孕妇装
yùn fù zhuāng

maternity wear

妇道人家
fù dao rén jia

woman (derog.)

孙媳妇
sūn xí fu

son's son's wife

妇女主任
fù nǚ zhǔ rèn

director of the local committee of the Women's Federation

杞妇
qǐ fù

the wife of 杞梁[qǐ liáng], a senior official of the state of Qi 杞[qǐ] who died on a military expedition

农妇
nóng fù

peasant woman (in former times)

媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó

lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)

孕妇
yùn fù

pregnant woman

侄媳妇
zhí xí fu

brother's son's wife

妇洗器
fù xǐ qì

bidet

巧妇
qiǎo fù

clever wife

家庭主妇
jiā tíng zhǔ fù

housewife

妇科
fù kē

gynecology

童养媳妇
tóng yǎng xí fù

child bride

弟妇
dì fù

younger brother's wife

妇产科
fù chǎn kē

department of gynecology and obstetrics

妇幼
fù yòu

women and children

泼妇
pō fù

shrew

贵妇人
guì fù rén

dame

渔妇
yú fù

fisherwoman

新妇
xīn fù

bride

妇人
fù rén

married woman

有妇之夫
yǒu fù zhī fū

married man

恶妇
è fù

vicious wife

妇女节
fù nǚ jié

International Women's Day (March 8)

鼠妇
shǔ fù

woodlouse

妊妇
rèn fù

expecting mother

夫妇
fū fù

a (married) couple

荡妇
dàng fù

slut

外甥媳妇
wài sheng xí fù

sister's son's wife

嫠妇
lí fù

widow (formal)

妇女运动
fù nǚ yùn dòng

women's movement

春妇
chūn fù

prostitute

娼妇
chāng fù

prostitute

天妇罗
tiān fù luó

tempura

儿媳妇
ér xí fu

daughter-in-law

妇女
fù nǚ

woman

主妇
zhǔ fù

housewife

寡妇
guǎ fu

widow

小媳妇
xiǎo xí fu

young married woman

少妇
shào fù

young married woman

有夫之妇
yǒu fū zhī fù

married woman

孀妇
shuāng fù

widow (formal)

妇姑勃溪
fù gū bó xī

dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles

多年媳妇熬成婆
duō nián xí fù áo chéng pó

see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xí fù ào chéng pó]

妖妇
yāo fù

witch (esp. European)

姘妇
pīn fù

mistress

妇孺皆知
fù rú jiē zhī

understood by everyone (idiom); well known

泼妇骂街
pō fù mà jiē

shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife

妇好
fù hǎo

Fu Hao (c. 1200 BC), or Lady Hao, female Chinese general of the late Shang Dynasty 商朝[shāng cháo]

慰安妇
wèi ān fù

comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 \ianfu\)

国际妇女节
guó jì fù nǚ jié

International Women's Day (March 8)

妇联
fù lián

women's league

贵妇
guì fù

upper-class woman

产妇
chǎn fù

woman recuperating after childbirth

贵妇犬
guì fù quǎn

poodle

娶媳妇
qǔ xí fù

to get oneself a wife

淫妇
yín fù

loose woman

消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约
xiāo chú duì fù nǚ yī qiè xíng shì qí shì gōng yuē

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

新婚夫妇
xīn hūn fū fù

newly married couple

妇女能顶半边天
fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān

fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society

中华全国妇女联合会
zhōng huá quán guó fù nǚ lián hé huì

All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)

巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī

The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.

双独夫妇
shuāng dú fū fù

a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child

悍妇
hàn fù

violent woman

情妇
qíng fù

mistress

匹夫匹妇
pǐ fū pǐ fù

ordinary people; commoners

佣妇
yōng fù

maid

长舌妇
cháng shé fù

female gossip

红寡妇鸟
hóng guǎ fu niǎo

(ornithology) red bishop (Euplectes orix)

丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó

lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)

刁妇
diāo fù

shrew

二产妇
èr chǎn fù

lady who has given birth twice

妇女
fù nǚ

woman

夫唱妇随
fū chàng fù suí

fig. the man sings and the woman follows