女 nu:3 female / woman / daughter 女 子 nu:3 zǐ woman / female 雌 性 cí xìng female 女 同 胞 nu:3 tóng bāo woman / female / female compatriot 母 mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female 雌 female / Taiwan pr. [ci1] 凹 depressed / sunken / indented / concave / female (connector etc) 牝 (of a bird, animal or plant) female / keyhole / valley 女 性 nu:3 xìng woman / the female sex 女 生 nu:3 shēng schoolgirl / female student / girl 男 女 nán nu:3 male-female / male and female 女 歌 手 nu:3 gē shǒu female singer 女 星 nu:3 xīng female star / famous actress 两 性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 小 妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 师 姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 空 姐 kōng jiě abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant 老 板 娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife 白 虎 Bái hǔ White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia 表 哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 表 妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 师 妹 shī mèi junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher 表 姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 小 公 主 xiǎo gōng zhǔ lit. little princess / fig. spoiled girl / female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4] 艺 伎 yì jì geisha (Japanese female entertainer) / also written 藝妓|艺妓[yi4 ji4] 女 婴 nu:3 yīng female baby 表 弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 学 姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate 学 妹 xué mèi junior or younger female schoolmate 阿 兰 A1 lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 管 家 婆 guǎn jiā pó housewife (jocular) / female housekeeper of a higher rank (old) / busybody 巫 婆 wū pó witch / sorceress / female shaman 林 黛 玉 Lín Dài yù Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 发 情 fā qíng oestrus (sexual receptivity in female mammals) 女 伴 nu:3 bàn female companion 惊 鸿 jīng hóng graceful (esp. of female posture) / lithe 衣 裙 yī qún female clothing 女 仆 nu:3 pú female servant / maid 女 色 nu:3 sè female charms / femininity 花 旦 huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera 农 妇 nóng fù peasant woman (in former times) / female farm worker 雌 雄 cí xióng male and female 打 工 妹 dǎ gōng mèi young female worker 舞 娘 wǔ niáng female dancer 艺 妓 yì jì geisha (Japanese female entertainer) / also written 藝伎|艺伎[yi4 ji4] 女 主 人 公 nu:3 zhǔ rén gōng heroine (of a novel or film) / main female protagonist 不 孕 症 bù yùn zhèng female infertility 外 孙 wài sūn daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line 女 将 nu:3 jiàng female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise 李 清 照 Lǐ Qīng zhào Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet 老 鸨 lǎo bǎo female brothel keeper 阴 道 口 yīn dào kǒu female external genitalia (anatomy) / vulva 多 利 Duō lì Dolly (1996-2003), female sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell 歌 女 gē nu:3 female singer (archaic) 仙 姑 xiān gū female immortal / sorceress 表 兄 biǎo xiōng older male cousin via female line 沉 鱼 落 雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts 薛 宝 钗 Xuē Bǎo chāi Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 臣 妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 歌 姬 gē jī female singer 老 妈 子 lǎo mā zi older female servant / amah 黄 体 huáng tǐ corpus luteum (glands in female mammals producing progesterone) 警 花 jǐng huā attractive policewoman / young female cop 花 酒 huā jiǔ drinking party with female entertainers 丁 玲 Dīng Líng Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party 女 选 手 nu:3 xuǎn shǒu female contestant / female athlete 童 女 tóng nu:3 virgin female 闭 月 羞 花 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world 蟹 黄 xiè huáng the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy) 三 陪 小 姐 sān péi xiǎo jie female escort / bar girl 发 情 期 fā qíng qī the breeding season (zool.) / oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals) 表 嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line 表 兄 弟 biǎo xiōng dì male cousins via female line 秋 瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films 裙 带 qún dài waistband of a skirt / (fig.) related to the wife or another female family member 女 店 员 nu:3 diàn yuán salesgirl / female shop assistant 女 犯 nu:3 fàn female offender in imperial China (old) 表 亲 biǎo qīn cousin (via female line) 裙 带 关 系 qún dài guān xi favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates 表 姐 夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 雌 花 cí huā female flower 长 舌 妇 cháng shé fù female gossip / busybody 鸨 母 bǎo mǔ female brothel keeper / a bawd 贞 女 zhēn nu:3 female virgin / widow who does not remarry 张 志 新 Zhāng Zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979 石 女 shí nu:3 female suffering absence or atresia of vagina (as birth defect) 旦 角 dàn jiǎo Dan, female roles in Chinese opera (played by specialized male actors) 旦 角 dàn jué dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) 正 旦 zhèng dàn starring female role in a Chinese opera 潮 吹 cháo chuī female ejaculation 姆 woman who looks after small children / (old) female tutor 旦 dawn / morning / daybreak / day / dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) 娜 (phonetic na) / used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[An1 na4] or Diana 黛安娜[Dai4 an1 na4] 妮 girl / phonetic "ni" (in female names) / Taiwan pr. [ni2] 姬 woman / concubine / female entertainer (archaic) 麟 female unicorn / see 麒麟 伎 artistry / talent / skill / (in ancient times) female entertainer 媛 used in 嬋媛|婵媛[chan2 yuan2] and in female names 妲 Dá female personal name (archaic) 嫱 female court officials
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