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女方 (nǚ fāng) — the bride's side (family and party in a wedding)

Definition

Refers to the bride's family and their side in a wedding or marriage negotiation. The direct counterpart of 男方, which is the groom's side.

noun
the bride's side (family and party in a wedding)

Examples

  • 女方。
    nǚ fāng Hé nán fāng yì qǐ dìng le hūn qī.
    The bride's side and the groom's side set the wedding date together.
  • ，女方。
    Hūn lǐ dāng tiān, nǚ fāng de qīn qi men dōu hěn kāi xīn.
    On the wedding day, the relatives on the bride's side were all very happy.
  • 女方。
    nǚ fāng Zhǔn bèi le èr shí zhuō jiǔ xí zhāo dài kè rén.
    The bride's side prepared twenty banquet tables to host the guests.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

女nǚwoman
方fāngside

女 (woman) and 方 (side) combine to mean the bride's side.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

女 shows a woman with folded arms, kneeling or standing. In the modern form the figure faces right, and the small enclosed part is what is left of one arm.

Open 女 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 方 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Family & KinshipRomance & Marriage

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