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女王 (nǚ wáng) — queen (female monarch or sovereign)

Definition

noun
queen (female monarch or sovereign)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 女王女王。
    Yīng guó lì shǐ shàng zuì yǒu míng de nǚ wáng shì wéi duō lì yà nǚ wáng.
    The most famous queen in British history is Queen Victoria.
  • 女王。
    Tā bèi chēng wéi liú xíng yīn yuè jiè de nǚ wáng.
    She is called the queen of pop music.
  • 女王。
    Zhè fù xiàng qí lǐ wǒ shǎo le yí gè nǚ wáng.
    I'm missing a queen from this chess set.

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nǚfemale
王wángking

女 marks the monarch as female, while 王 gives the royal rank.

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.

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

The shape of 王 comes from a picture of a ritual axe, an object kept near a throne and connected with royal power.

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