女

female / woman / daughter
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女
rǔ = ru + Ø3
archaic variant of 汝[ru3]
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How to pronounce 女

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= nü initial

Nü is for Neptune.

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+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

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= ru initial

Ru is for Rachel Rhinoceros.

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+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

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女 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Characters with 女 as component

要
yāo = y + ao1
to demand / to request / to coerce
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要
yào = y + ao4
important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if
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要
yāo = y + ao1
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
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Words with 女

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girl / lass

Sentences with 女

女
nǚ
人
rén
用
yòng
她
tā
的
de
箭
jiàn
!
!
The woman uses her arrows!

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女
nǚ / rǔ

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