娘子军

娘子軍

niángzǐjūn

noun #94,399

Meanings

1 women's army
2 all-women team

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

我们销售部是一支娘子军，十个人全是女的。

Wǒmen xiāoshòubù shì yì zhī niángzǐjūn, shí ge rén quán shì nǚ de.

Our sales department is an all-women team: all ten of us are women.

HSK 7-9

唐朝平阳公主带领的军队被称为娘子军。

Tángcháo Píngyáng Gōngzhǔ dàilǐng de jūnduì bèi chēngwéi niángzǐjūn.

The army led by Princess Pingyang of the Tang dynasty was called the 'women's army'.

Tips

history

In 617, 平阳公主, daughter of the future founder of the Tang dynasty, raised an army of some 70,000 to back her father's rising against the Sui. Her camp was called 娘子军 because a woman commanded it. Today the word is used, often playfully, for any team made up of women, such as a women's sports team.

In Pop Culture

红色娘子军 Hóngsè niángzǐjūn

The Red Detachment of Women

1961 film and 1964 ballet about a Red Army women's company on Hainan; the ballet became one of the eight model works of the Cultural Revolution.

Stroke Order

娘 niáng

子 zǐ

军 jūn