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女佣 (nǚ yòng) — maid, female servant

Definition

noun
maidfemale servant
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 女佣。
    Tā men jiā qǐng le yí wèi nǚ yòng lái bāng máng zuò jiā wù.
    Their family hired a maid to help with housework.
  • 女佣。
    Zhè wèi nǚ yòng měi tiān zǎo chén dōu huì dǎ sǎo kè tīng hé chú fáng.
    This maid cleans the living room and kitchen every morning.
  • ，女佣。
    Zài lǎo diàn yǐng lǐ, nǚ yòng tōng cháng chuān zhuó bái sè de wéi qún.
    In old movies, maids usually wear white aprons.

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
佣yōngservant

女 specifies female and 佣 means servant, yielding a maid.

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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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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