女 性

nǚxìng

“Woman” in Chinese is 女性 (nǚxìng).

Meaning

woman
the female sex

Example

参与者大部分是女性。

The participants were for the most part women.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

nǚHSK 13 strokesfemale xìngHSK 38 strokesnature

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