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The character 妞 is a phono-semantic compound used colloquially to refer to a girl or young woman. Its left-side semantic radical 女 (female) establishes the gender, while the right component 丑 functions solely as a phonetic element, indicating the pronunciation "niū" without contributing its own meanings of "ugly" or "second Earthly Branch". The character developed as an informal, affectionate, or mildly dismissive term for a young female, common in regional dialects and daily speech, and often appears in compounds designating female roles or as a casual form of address.
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这个小妞真可爱。
我妹妹是个活泼的妞。
隔壁家的妞妞五岁了。
他总爱逗那个害羞的小妞。
那个爱笑的妞是我的好朋友。
姐姐从大城市回来，变成了时尚妞。
别看她是个傻妞，心里可有主意了。
这妞脾气倔起来，十头牛也拉不回来。