The homemaker vacuumed the carpet.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
主妇
housewife
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
housewife
02
woman of senior authority in a household
03
the lady of the house
04
hostess
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 主妇 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 主妇 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Every Tuesday morning the housekeeper vacuums.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 主妇.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 主妇.
Directly before
- 成为主妇1
- 早上主妇1
Directly after
- 主妇的1
- 主妇给1
- 主妇用1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 主妇
What does 主妇 mean in Chinese?
主妇 (zhǔfù) means housewife.
How do you pronounce 主妇?
主妇 is pronounced zhǔfù.
Is 主妇 an HSK word?
主妇 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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