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娘 niáng

mother; young girl; woman; wife

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 5
Radical
女
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 女良 ⿰女良

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  1. 新娘今天穿着一件白色的婚纱。
    Xīnniáng jīntiān chuānzhe yí jiàn báisè de hūnshā.
    The bride is wearing a white wedding dress today.
    bride today wear-(particle) one (measure) white (particle) wedding-dress
  2. 那位姑娘是谁家的孩子？
    Nà wèi gūniang shì shéi jiā de háizi?
    Whose child is that young lady?
    that (measure) young-lady is whose home (particle) child (question)
  3. 请祝福这对新人，新娘很紧张。
    Qǐng zhùfú zhè duì xīnrén, xīnniáng hěn jǐnzhāng.
    Please give this new couple your blessings, the bride is very nervous.
    please bless this (measure) new-couple bride very nervous
  4. 这位新娘并不喜欢太隆重的婚礼。
    Zhè wèi xīnniáng bìng bù xǐhuan tài lóngzhòng de hūnlǐ.
    This bride doesn't actually like an overly grand wedding.
    this (measure) bride at-all not like too grand (particle) wedding
  5. 婚礼当天，新娘在家里等着接亲的车队。
    Hūnlǐ dàngtiān, xīnniáng zài jiā lǐ děngzhe jiēqīn de chēduì.
    On the wedding day, the bride waits at home for the wedding motorcade.
    wedding that-day bride at home in wait-(particle) fetch-bride (particle) car-convoy

Words with 娘 (2)