nǚ xìng zhǔ yìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
feminism
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Original source entry:

女性主義 女性主义 [nu:3 xing4 zhu3 yi4] /feminism/

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Other forms in these source records: 女性主義

  • 女
    nǚ

    female / woman / daughter

    rǔ

    See the full entry for source details.

  • 性
    xìng

    nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 主
    zhǔ

    owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)

  • 义
    yì

    justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship

    Yì

    surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yì dà lì])

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