The Chinese word **父女 (fùnǚ)**, meaning "father and daughter," is a **compound word** formed through **coordinative** or **associative** word formation. It directly combines two independent morphemes: **父 (fù)**, meaning "father," and **女 (nǚ)**, which in this context specifically means "daughter." Unlike a phrase, this combination is lexicalized into a single unit that represents the two parties of a specific familial relationship. This structure is common in Chinese for denoting close-knit pairs, similar to **母子 (mǔzǐ, mother and son)** or **师生 (shīshēng, teacher and student)**, where both elements are equally important and the word signifies the collective or relational bond between them.