"Unmarried" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 单身 | dān shēn | unmarried / single / alone |   |
| 未婚 | wèi hūn | unmarried | |
| 独身 | dú shēn | unmarried / single / alone | |
| 闺女 | guī nu: | maiden / unmarried woman / daughter | |
| 闺女 | guī nu:3 | maiden / unmarried woman / daughter | |
| 公房 | gōng fáng | public housing / dormitory, esp. for unmarried people | |
| 姑奶奶 | gū nǎi nai | paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach | |
| 孤家寡人 | gū jiā guǎ rén | one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) | |
| 老处女 | lǎo chǔ nu:3 | unmarried old woman / spinster | |
| 单身贵族 | dān shēn guì zú | fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially) | |
| 大家闺秀 | dà jiā guī xiù | girl from a wealthy family / unmarried daughter of a noble house | |
| 室女 | Shì nu:3 | unmarried lady / virgin / Virgo (star sign) | |
| 怨女 | yuàn nu:3 | senior palace maiden / unmarried woman | |
| 旷夫 | kuàng fū | bachelor / unmarried man | |
| 未娶 | wèi qǔ | a bachelor / an unmarried man | |
| 大龄青年 | dà líng qīng nián | young people in their late 20s or older who are still unmarried | |
| 闺门旦 | guī mén dàn | young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera | |
| 非处 | fēi chǔ | unmarried woman who is not a virgin | |
| 闺女 | guī nu:5 | maiden / unmarried woman / (coll.) daughter | |
| 少男 | shào nán | young, unmarried male / young guy | |
| 相亲角 | xiāng qīn jiǎo | "matchmaking corner", a gathering in a park for parents who seek marriage partners for their adult children by connecting with other parents who put up posters displaying their unmarried child's details | |
