Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 妇

woman

old variant of 婦／妇 (fù)

young married woman

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

prostitute

gynecology

younger brother's wife
sister-in-law

widow (formal)

upper-class woman
lady (old)

wife (old)

witch (esp. European)

mistress
paramour (of married man)

prostitute

women and children

loose woman
prostitute
Jezebel

widow (formal)

slut; floozy; prostitute

woman

expecting mother

married woman

shrew
virago

women's league
women's association

bride
(dialect) daughter-in-law

pregnant woman

mistress
concubine
kept woman

violent woman
shrew

vicious wife

the wife of 杞梁 ( Qǐ Liáng), a senior official of the state of Qi 杞 ( Qǐ) who died on a military expedition
(fig.) a widow

peasant woman (in former times)
female farm worker

a (married) couple
husband and wife
CL:對／对 (duì)

woman recuperating after childbirth
woman in childbirth

housewife
woman of senior authority in a household
the lady of the house
hostess

woodlouse
pill bug

daughter-in-law
wife (of a younger man)
young married woman
young woman

widow

shrew
vixen

maid
female servant
domestic worker
domestic helper
housekeeper

fisherwoman

clever wife
ingenious housewife
Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

gynecological examination (abbr. for 婦科檢查／妇科检查 (fùkējiǎnchá))

bidet

poodle

maternity wear

young married woman
mistress
(fig.) punching bag
(old) child bride

son's son's wife
grandson's wife

lady who has given birth twice

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

tempura
deep-fried cooking
also called 甜不辣 (tiánbùlà)

daughter-in-law

dame

International Women's Day (March 8)

old lady

department of gynecology and obstetrics
birth clinic

wife
young married woman

brother's son's wife
nephew's wife

female gossip
busybody

to get oneself a wife
to take a daughter-in-law

jiānfūyínfù

adulterous couple

married woman

dàngfùxiūrǔ

to slut-shame

fùrénzhīrén

excessive tendency to clemency (idiom)
soft-hearted (pejorative)

jiātíngzhǔfù

housewife

wàishengxífù

sister's son's wife

tóngyǎngxífù

child bride
girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law

director of the local committee of the Women's Federation

ordinary people; commoners

married man

understood by everyone (idiom); well known
a household name

shuāngdúfūfù

a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child

fūchàngfùsuí

fig. the man sings and the woman follows
fig. marital harmony

newly married couple
newlyweds

shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife

erhua variant of 兒媳婦／儿媳妇 (érxífu)

dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles

hóngguǎfuniǎo

(ornithology) red bishop (Euplectes orix)

woman (derog.)

fùnüyùndòng

women's movement
feminism

xífù'áochéngpó

媳妇熬成婆

[媳婦熬成婆]

lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
what goes around comes around

Guójì Fùnüjié

国际妇女节

[國際婦女節]

International Women's Day (March 8)

fùnünéngdǐngbànbiāntiān

妇女能顶半边天

[婦女能頂半邊天]

Woman can hold up half the sky
fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society

duōniánxífù'áochéngpó

多年媳妇熬成婆

[多年媳婦熬成婆]

see 媳婦熬成婆／媳妇熬成婆 (xífù'àochéngpó)

qiǎofùnánwéiwúmǐzhīchuī

巧妇难为无米之炊

[巧婦難為無米之炊]

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

Zhōnghuá Quánguó Fùnü Liánhéhuì

中华全国妇女联合会

[中華全國婦女聯合會]

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

chǒuxífùzǎowǎnyěděijiàngōngpó

丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆

[醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆]

lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
fig. it's not something you can avoid forever

Xiāochúduì Fùnü Yīqiè Xíngshì Qíshì Gōngyuē

消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约

[消除對婦女一切形式歧視公約]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women