宅女

zháinǚ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 female homebody; female otaku
  2. 2 girl who prefers staying in over going out

Examples

HSK 3
Wǒ shì ge biāozhǔn zháinǚ.
I'm a total homebody.
HSK 6
Zháinǚ de zhōumò yìbān dōu zài jiā lǐ zhuījù.
A homebody's weekend is usually spent at home bingeing shows.
HSK 6
Tā bǐ wǒ hái zhái, shì chāojí zháinǚ.
She's even more of a homebody than me - a super zhai girl.

Tips

culture
Borrowed from Japanese otaku (お宅), came to mean 'shut-in / indoor type' in Chinese. 宅女 (female) and 宅男 (male) describe people who order in, game, watch anime or dramas, and rarely go out. Used self-deprecatingly, rarely as an insult.

Stroke Order

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