女士 nǚshì▶ Nyonya

Stroke order

女士 is written in 6 strokes across 2 characters.

• 女 — 3 strokes
• 士 — 3 strokes

Senses

1. lady
2. madam
3. Miss
4. Ms

Related words

• 士兵tentara
• 妇女Wanita
• 人士Tokoh
• 博士dokter
• 护士Perawat
• 硕士menguasai; tuan

女士 is pronounced nǚshì and means “Nyonya”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 女士 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.