"Brothel" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 门户 | mén hù | door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel |   |
| 妓院 | jì yuàn | brothel / whorehouse | |
| 青楼 | qīng lóu | (literary) brothel / pleasure quarters | |
| 柳陌花衢 | liǔ mò huā qú | brothel | |
| 勾栏 | gōu lán | brothel / theater / carved balustrade | |
| 娼家 | chāng jiā | brothel | |
| 烟花场 | yān huā chǎng | brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 烟花寨 | yān huā zhài | brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 烟花市 | yān huā shì | (old) red-light district / brothel | |
| 烟花行院 | yān huā xíng yuàn | brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 烟花阵 | yān huā zhèn | brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 妓寨 | jì zhài | brothel | |
| 妓馆 | jì guǎn | brothel | |
| 讨人 | tǎo rén | (old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute | |
| 嫖客 | piáo kè | patron of a brothel | |
| 王八 | wáng bā | tortoise / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel / pimp | |
| 老鸨 | lǎo bǎo | female brothel keeper | |
| 窑子 | yáo zi | (old) low-grade brothel | |
| 鸨母 | bǎo mǔ | female brothel keeper / a bawd | |
| 嫖宿 | piáo sù | to spend the night at a brothel | |
| 走马章台 | zǒu mǎ zhāng tái | to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom) / to visit prostitutes | |
| 冶游 | yě yóu | to go courting / to visit a brothel (old) / related to 野遊|野游[ye3 you2] | |
| 章台 | zhāng tái | street name in ancient Chang'an synonymous with brothel area / red-light district | |
| 销金窟 | xiāo jīn kū | money squandering establishment (e.g. gambling den, brothel etc) | |
| 妈妈桑 | mā ma sāng | mama-san, middle-aged woman who runs a brothel, bar etc (loanword from Japanese) / madam | |
