How to pronounce nü ren (女人) in Chinese
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女人
nǚ rén
Characters & meanings
woman; female
person; people
Common mistake
Low + rising (3-2): nǚ needs the ü vowel — "ee" with rounded lips — then rén rises on the curled-tongue retroflex r. Plain-u nǔ is a different syllable (as in 努力).
Example sentence
那个女人是谁？
Nàge nǚrén shì shéi?
Who is that woman?
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