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  1. 1. woman

Words Containing 妇

主妇
zhǔ fù

housewife

夫妇
fū fù

a (married) couple

妇女
fù nǚ

woman

媳妇
xí fù

daughter-in-law

孕妇
yùn fù

pregnant woman

寡妇
guǎ fu

widow

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)

二产妇
èr chǎn fù

lady who has given birth twice

佣妇
yōng fù

maid

儿媳妇
ér xí fu

daughter-in-law

刁妇
diāo fù

shrew

匹夫匹妇
pǐ fū pǐ fù

ordinary people; commoners

国际妇女节
guó jì fù nǚ jié

International Women's Day (March 8)

外甥媳妇
wài sheng xí fù

sister's son's wife

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]

天妇罗
tiān fù luó

tempura

夫唱妇随
fū chàng fù suí

fig. the man sings and the woman follows

妊妇
rèn fù

expecting mother

妖妇
yāo fù

witch (esp. European)

姘妇
pīn fù

mistress

奸夫淫妇
jiān fū yín fù

adulterous couple

侄媳妇
zhí xí fu

brother's son's wife

娶媳妇
qǔ xí fù

to get oneself a wife

娼妇
chāng fù

prostitute

妇人
fù rén

married woman

妇人之仁
fù rén zhī rén

excessive tendency to clemency (idiom)

妇女
fù nǚ

woman

妇女主任
fù nǚ zhǔ rèn

director of the local committee of the Women's Federation

妇女节
fù nǚ jié

International Women's Day (March 8)

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

妇女运动
fù nǚ yùn dòng

women's movement

妇好
fù hǎo

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

妇姑勃溪
fù gū bó xī

dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles

妇孺皆知
fù rú jiē zhī

understood by everyone (idiom); well known

妇幼
fù yòu

women and children

妇洗器
fù xǐ qì

bidet

妇产科
fù chǎn kē

department of gynecology and obstetrics

妇科
fù kē

gynecology

妇联
fù lián

women's league

妇道人家
fù dao rén jia

woman (derog.)

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)

嫠妇
lí fù

widow (formal)

孀妇
shuāng fù

widow (formal)

孕妇装
yùn fù zhuāng

maternity wear

孙媳妇
sūn xí fu

son's son's wife

家庭主妇
jiā tíng zhǔ fù

housewife

小媳妇
xiǎo xí fu

young married woman

少妇
shào fù

young married woman

巧妇
qiǎo fù

clever wife

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.

弟妇
dì fù

younger brother's wife

悍妇
hàn fù

violent woman

情妇
qíng fù

mistress

恶妇
è fù

vicious wife

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\)

新婚夫妇
xīn hūn fū fù

newly married couple

新妇
xīn fù

bride

春妇
chūn fù

prostitute

有夫之妇
yǒu fū zhī fù

married woman

有妇之夫
yǒu fù zhī fū

married man

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

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

淫妇
yín fù

loose woman

渔妇
yú fù

fisherwoman

泼妇
pō fù

shrew

泼妇骂街
pō fù mà jiē

shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife

产妇
chǎn fù

woman recuperating after childbirth

童养媳妇
tóng yǎng xí fù

child bride

红寡妇鸟
hóng guǎ fu niǎo

(ornithology) red bishop (Euplectes orix)

荡妇
dàng fù

slut

贵妇
guì fù

upper-class woman

贵妇人
guì fù rén

dame

贵妇犬
guì fù quǎn

poodle

农妇
nóng fù

peasant woman (in former times)

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)

长舌妇
cháng shé fù

female gossip

双独夫妇
shuāng dú fū fù

a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child

鼠妇
shǔ fù

woodlouse