| 女主人公 | nu:3 zhǔ rén gōng | heroine (of a novel or film) / main female protagonist |  |
| 女英雄 | nu:3 yīng xióng | heroine | |
| 主人翁 | zhǔ rén wēng | master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine |  |
| 潘金莲 | Pān Jīn lián | Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅 | |
| 贞德 | Zhēn dé | Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English / also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan | |
| 穆桂英 | Mù Guì yīng | Mu Guiying, female warrior and heroine of the Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将 | |
| 孟姜女 | Mèng jiāng nu:3 | heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 / folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body | |
| 圣女贞德 | Shèng nu:3 Zhēn dé | Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English | |
