“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.
