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长女 (zhǎng nǚ) — eldest daughter

Definition

noun
eldest daughter
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 长女，。
    Tā shì jiā zhōng de zhǎng nǚ, xià miàn hái yǒu liǎng gè dì di.
    She is the eldest daughter in the family, with two younger brothers.
  • 长女，。
    Zuò wéi zhǎng nǚ, tā cóng xiǎo jiù chéng dān le hěn duō zé rèn.
    As the eldest daughter, she has shouldered many responsibilities since childhood.
  • 长女，。
    zhǎng nǚ Chū jià nà tiān, fù mǔ dōu liú xià le yǎn lèi.
    On the day the eldest daughter got married, both parents shed tears.

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.

长chángeldest
女nǚdaughter

长 eldest and 女 daughter together name the firstborn girl.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

Open 长 →

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 →
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