女士 (nǚ shì): meaning and stroke order
女士 (nǚ shì) means lady, madam, 个,位, Miss, Ms.
女士
- Simplified
- 女士
- Traditional
- 女士 (same form)
- Pinyin
- nǚ shì
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Stroke order of 女士
女
- nǚ female; woman
- rǔ old variant of 汝[ru3]
- 3 strokes
Stroke by stroke
士
- Shì surname Shi
- shì member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old)
- 3 strokes
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Meaning of 女士
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nǚ shì
- lady
- madam
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- Miss
- Ms
Radicals of the characters
- 女
- Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 3 strokes
- 士
- Radical 士 (Kangxi radical 33) · 3 strokes · built from 一 and 丄
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
女士 in our stories
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有一天,一位戴眼镜的女士吃了一口,皱着眉头说:“面糊太厚了,酱也太咸。”
yǒu yì tiān yí wèi dài yǎnjìng de nǚshì chī le yì kǒu zhòu zhe méitóu shuō miànhù tài hòu le jiàng yě tài xián
One day a woman in glasses took a bite, frowned and said, "The batter's too thick, and the sauce is too salty."
From the story A second chance HSK 5
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这时,旁边一位女士的电脑出了问题,她马上要给客户做演示,急得满头大汗。
zhè shí pángbiān yí wèi nǚshì de diànnǎo chū le wèntí tā mǎshàng yào gěi kèhù zuò yǎnshì jí de mǎntóu dàhàn
Just then the laptop of a woman beside him went wrong. She had a client presentation any minute and was dripping with sweat.
From the story The old man who lost his horse HSK 6
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一天下午,一位中年女士抱着一个布包走进店里。布包里是一只摔成了五块的青花碗。
yì tiān xiàwǔ yí wèi zhōngnián nǚshì bào zhe yí gè bùbāo zǒu jìn diàn lǐ bùbāo lǐ shì yì zhī shuāi chéng le wǔ kuài de qīnghuā wǎn
One afternoon a middle-aged woman came in carrying a cloth bundle. Inside was a blue-and-white bowl broken into five pieces.
From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 女士
- A second chance HSK 5
- The old man who lost his horse HSK 6
- Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).