女子组 (nǚ zǐ zǔ) — women's team; women's group (in sports, competitions, or organizational contexts)

Definition

noun
women's teamwomen's group (in sports, competitions, or organizational contexts)

Examples

  • 女子组。
    Tā cān jiā le nǚ zǐ zǔ de bǐ sài.
    She participated in the women's group competition.
  • 女子组。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù yóu nǚ zǐ zǔ fù zé.
    This project is handled by the women's group.
  • 女子组。
    nǚ zǐ zǔ De chéng yuán dōu hěn yōu xiù.
    The members of the women's group are all excellent.

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.

女子women
女nǚfemale子zǐperson
偏正Modifier + head
组zǔgroup

女子 means women, and 组 is a group, so the sense is a women's group.

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 →

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

子 is drawn as a baby with a large head, arms stretched out, and legs wrapped in a blanket.

Open 子 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 組; 组 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě組zǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 組 pairs 糸 (silk) with 且 as a sound part; the simplified 组 is a shorthand.

Open 组 →

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.