Chinese symbol for “wife”
女人
nǚ ren
wife
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wife is 女人 (nǚ ren), defined as: wife.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “wife”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妻子 | qī zi | wife |
| 老婆 | lǎo pó | (coll.) wife |
| 妻 | qī | (bound form) wife |
| 家室 | jiā shì | wife; family |
| 妻室 | qī shì | wife |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 女人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl; lass |
| 妇女 (婦女) | fù nǚ | woman |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 人口 | rén kǒu | population; people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wife”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.