Hot Chinese – Nv Hanzi

“What does Nv Hanzi mean? Is it a man or a woman?” you may wonder. In this article, we will go on with our hot Chinese words where we can lean with Chinese tutor online. For most beginners, this word女汉子may be confusing. Actually, it refers to a woman.

According to pinyin pronunciation chart, the pinyin for 女汉子 is nǚ hàn zi, with 女meaning woman, 汉子 meaning a very strong man.

So why do people combine a man with a woman in this word. Well, we should go back to the origin of it. 女汉子（nǚ hàn zi）first appeared in china as a result of a picture of a girl in the website of Julia Vins form Russia who has an adorable face but a muscular body. Since then people gradually use 女汉子（nǚ hàn zi）to describe the girls who are very strong in mind and independent in everyday life. 

In the point of a Chinese people, 女汉子(nǚ hàn zi) has the characteristics as below：Bold and unconstrained - When the summer is coming, they might even wear nothing roaming in the house; Not so wild about using makeup - They prefer to hang out rather than go shopping, which is the older generation's  stereotype of women; Have many male friends - It is a part of this phenomena that many 女汉子（nǚ hàn zi）can get along well with boys rather than girls; Speak rudely and directly - Many 女汉子（nǚ hàn zi） do not care so much about other people's perception of their words and deeds. They just speak whatever they are thinking about.

女汉子（nǚ hàn zi）style has been an extraordinary character of many girls in China since women and men have equal education and equal rights nowadays. Women prefer to do things independently and do not really like to ask men for help if they can solve the matter by themselves.