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女子

Mandarin · pinyin nǚ zǐ

woman
female

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女: nǚ · woman, girl; feminine; Kangxi radical 38; 10th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Aquarii (Albali)
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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3–3 · nu:3 zi3

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neoi5 zi2

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noun

(formal) woman; female (Classifier: 名 m; 個／个 m)
(literary or Wanrong Mandarin, Dungan, Jiangxi Hakka) daughter
(literary) virgin girl
(Central Plains Mandarin, Jin, Yudu Hakka, Waxiang) girl

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