Meaning of 女儿
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- daughter
How to use 女儿
女儿 is the normal everyday word for daughter, used when talking about your own family or someone else's. Example: 我有一个女儿。(Wǒ yǒu yí ge nǚ'ér.) I have a daughter.
女 (nǚ) means female and 儿 (ér) means child, so a female child is a daughter. Pair it with 儿子 (érzi), son, where 儿 shows up again.
Common mistake: In 女儿 the 儿 is a full syllable ér, not the r sound added to words like 这儿 (zhèr) or 哪儿 (nǎr), so do not say nǚr. Also keep the third tone on 女 (nǚ) with the ü sound, not nù or nǔ.
女儿 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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女 nǚ · female · 3 strokes
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儿 ér · son · 2 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 女儿.
| 女人 | nǚrén | woman |
| 这儿 | zhèr | here |
| 儿子 | érzi | son |
| 哪儿 | nǎr | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere |
| 那儿 | nàr | there |
| 女朋友 | nǚpéngyou | girlfriend |
| 一会儿 | yīhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 女生 | nǚshēng | schoolgirl; female student |
| 没事儿 | méishìr | to have spare time; free from work |
| 一点儿 | yīdiǎnr | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] |
| 女孩儿 | nǚháir | erhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2] |
| 一块儿 | yīkuàir | erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4] |
Questions about 女儿
What does 女儿 mean?
女儿 (nǚ'ér) means "daughter" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 女儿?
女儿 is made of 2 characters: 女 (3 strokes), 儿 (2 strokes). That is 5 strokes in total.
Is 女儿 an HSK word?
Yes. 女儿 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 女儿 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 女儿 is written 女兒.
Why is there an apostrophe in nǚ'ér?
Pinyin uses an apostrophe when a syllable starting with a, o, or e follows another syllable. It shows the word is two syllables, nǚ and ér, not one.
How do I say son and daughter together?
You can say 儿子和女儿 (érzi hé nǚ'ér), son and daughter. For children in general, 孩子 (háizi) is also common.