妇 女 fù nu:3 woman 女 nu:3 female / woman / daughter 女 人 nu:3 rén woman 女 性 nu:3 xìng woman / the female sex 女 子 nu:3 zǐ woman / female 巾 帼 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) 婆 娘 pó niáng woman (derog.) 小 老 婆 xiǎo lǎo pó concubine / mistress / (dialect) woman 女 同 胞 nu:3 tóng bāo woman / female / female compatriot 女 流 nu:3 liú (derog.) woman 娘 儿 们 niáng r men (dialect) woman / wife 美 女 měi nu:3 beautiful woman 老 人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents 妹 妹 younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] 姑 娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] 太 太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] 女 郎 nu:3 láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] 阿 姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] 老 人 家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man 少 妇 shào fù young married woman 孕 妇 yùn fù pregnant woman 媳 妇 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife (of a younger man) / young married woman / young woman 大 姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) 红 颜 hóng yán a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks 佳 人 jiā rén beautiful woman 淑 女 shū nu:3 wise and virtuous woman / lady 妖 精 yāo jing evil spirit / alluring woman 妇 人 fù rén married woman 第 三 者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list 粉 色 fěn sè pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up) 青 衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] 芳 心 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman 主 妇 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess 窈 窕 yǎo tiǎo sweet, fair, and graceful (of a woman) / a seductive woman / secluded (bower) 天 仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman 玉 女 yù nu:3 beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM 调 戏 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities 女 工 nu:3 gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 艳 遇 yàn yù encounter with a beautiful woman / romance / affair 娘 子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman 老 太 婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) 尤 物 yóu wù rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman 产 妇 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth 白 人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 野 花 yě huā wildflower / woman of easy virtue 娇 媚 jiāo mèi flirtatious / coquettish / sweet and charming / beautiful young woman (old) 老 娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife 伯 母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] 小 三 xiǎo sān mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school 熟 女 shú nu:3 mature and sophisticated woman 夏 娃 Xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 / {Haa6waa1}) 富 婆 fù pó wealthy woman 女 强 人 nu:3 qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman 闺 女 guī nu: maiden / unmarried woman / daughter 闺 女 guī nu:3 maiden / unmarried woman / daughter 倩 影 qiàn yǐng beautiful image of a woman 花 枝 huā zhī spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman 老 奶 奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman 妖 女 yāo nu:3 beautiful woman 细 腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin 农 妇 nóng fù peasant woman (in former times) / female farm worker 花 木 兰 Huā Mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature 姐 弟 恋 jiě dì liàn love between an older woman and a younger man 贵 妇 guì fù upper-class woman / lady (old) 慰 安 妇 wèi ān fù comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 / "ianfu") 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 女 将 nu:3 jiàng female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise 老 妪 lǎo yù old woman (formal writing) 秋 波 qiū bō autumn ripples / (fig.) luminous eyes of a woman / amorous glance 婆 子 pó zi old woman 婵 娟 chán juān a beautiful woman / graceful and elegant posture / moon 母 老 虎 mǔ lǎo hǔ tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen 淫 妇 yín fù loose woman / prostitute / Jezebel 争 风 吃 醋 zhēng fēng chī cù to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman / to be jealous of a rival in a love affair 娉 婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman 小 媳 妇 xiǎo xí fu young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride 媳 妇 儿 xí fu r wife / young married woman 浪 女 làng nu:3 loose woman 粉 黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman 黄 脸 婆 huáng liǎn pó faded old woman 老 处 女 lǎo chǔ nu:3 unmarried old woman / spinster 蛾 眉 é méi (fig.) beautiful woman 烈 女 liè nu:3 a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death 大 姨 dà yí aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) 做 活 zuò huó to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker) / life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2] 民 女 mín nu:3 woman from an ordinary family 男 扮 女 装 nán bàn nu:3 zhuāng (of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom) 骚 货 sāo huò loose woman / slut 欲 女 yù nu:3 sex-crazed woman 月 嫂 yuè sǎo woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth 破 鞋 pò xié broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut 女 企 业 家 rǔ qǐ yè jiā woman entrepreneur 吃 软 饭 chī ruǎn fàn to live off a woman 金 屋 藏 娇 jīn wū cáng jiāo a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom) / a magnificent house built for a beloved woman 孤 老 gū lǎo solitary old man or woman / regular patron (at brothels) 萧 红 Xiāo Hóng Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang 盐 碱 地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman 女 杰 nu:3 jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected 悍 妇 hàn fù violent woman / shrew 女 体 盛 nu:3 tǐ chéng nyotaimori or "body sushi", Japanese practice of serving sushi on the body of a naked woman
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