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佣妇
yōng fù
Pinyin
Definition
佣妇
-
yōng fù
maid
female servant
domestic worker
domestic helper
housekeeper
Character Decomposition
佣
亻
用
妇
女
彐
Related Words
(20)
儿媳妇
ér xí fu
1
daughter-in-law
夫妇
fū fù
1
a (married) couple
2
husband and wife
3
CL:對|对[duì]
妇女
fù nu:3
1
woman
媳妇
xí fù
1
daughter-in-law
2
wife (of a younger man)
3
young married woman
4
young woman
孕妇
yùn fù
1
pregnant woman
寡妇
guǎ fu
1
widow
贵妇
guì fù
1
upper-class woman
2
lady (old)
主妇
zhǔ fù
1
housewife
2
woman of senior authority in a household
3
the lady of the house
4
hostess
女佣
nu:3 yōng
1
(female) maid
娶媳妇
qǔ xí fù
1
to get oneself a wife
2
to take a daughter-in-law
妇人
fù rén
1
married woman
妇幼
fù yòu
1
women and children
妇产科
fù chǎn kē
1
department of gynecology and obstetrics
2
birth clinic
妇科
fù kē
1
gynecology
妇联
fù lián
1
women's league
2
women's association
媳妇儿
xí fu r5
1
wife
2
young married woman
小媳妇
xiǎo xí fu
1
young married woman
2
mistress
3
(fig.) punching bag
4
(old) child bride
少妇
shào fù
1
young married woman
巧妇
qiǎo fù
1
clever wife
2
ingenious housewife
3
Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
情妇
qíng fù
1
mistress
2
paramour (of married man)
Idioms
(6)
妇人之仁
fù rén zhī rén
1
excessive tendency to clemency (idiom)
2
soft-hearted (pejorative)
妇姑勃溪
fù gū bó xī
1
dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
妇孺皆知
fù rú jiē zhī
1
understood by everyone (idiom); well known
2
a household name
媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó
1
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
2
fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
3
what goes around comes around
巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
1
The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó
1
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
2
fig. it's not something you can avoid forever
Sample Sentences