"Women" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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女人家 nu:3 rén jia women (in general)
我们 wǒ men we / us / ourselves / our
弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children
妇幼 fù yòu women and children
燕赵 Yān Zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers
艳福 yàn fú luck with women
半边天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
采花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
猎艳 liè yàn to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style
仕女 shì nu:3 court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women
酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression
红色娘子军 hóng sè niáng zi jūn Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964
男女授受不亲 nán nu:3 shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
闺 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / by ext. women
帼 guó cap worn by women / feminine
軿 píng curtained carriage used by women / to gather together / to assemble
授受不亲 shòu shòu bù qīn (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women
三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
三从四德 sān cóng sì dé Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 / and efficiency in needlework 功
偷鸡摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs
沉湎酒色 chén miǎn jiǔ sè to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom) / overindulgence in wine and women / an incorrigible drunkard and lecher
牝鸡司晨 pìn jī sī chén female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers.
牝鸡牡鸣 pìn jī mǔ míng female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers.
红颜薄命 hóng yán bó mìng beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
酒色之徒 jiǔ sè zhī tú follower of wine and women / dissolute person
男尊女卑 nán zūn nu:3 bēi to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
男女老少 nán nu:3 lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages
男女老幼 nán nu:3 lǎo yòu men, women, young and old / everybody
步摇 bù yáo dangling ornament worn by women
三个女人一个墟 sān gè nu:3 rén yī gè xū three women makes a crowd
三个女人一台戏 sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
四德 sì dé four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 / (for men), namely: piety 孝 / to one's parents, respect 悌 / to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 / to one's monarch, faith 信 / to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 / and efficiency in needlework 功
女书 nu:3 shū nüshu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group 瑤族|瑶族[Yao2 zu2] dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣|江永县[Jiang1 yong3 xian4] in southern Hunan
妇女能顶半边天 fù nu:3 néng dǐng bàn biān tiān Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
援助交际 yuán zhù jiāo jì Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
欧里庇得斯 Oū lǐ bì dé sī Euripides (c. 480-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Medea, Trojan Women etc
男人来自火星，女人来自金星 nán rén lái zì huǒ xīng , nu:3 rén lái zì jīn xīng Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (book by John Gray)
贪色 tān sè greedy for sex / given to lust for women
闺范 guī fàn lady's demeanor / norms expected of women (in former times)
头箍儿 tóu gū r band used by Manchu women to gather up the hair
咸猪手 xián zhū shǒu pervert (esp. one who gropes women in public)
消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约 Xiāo chú duì Fù nu:3 Yī qiè Xíng shì Qí shì Gōng yuē Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
意大利妇女促进发展协会  Italian Association of Women for Development
妇女、和平与安全机构间工作队  Inter-Agency Task Force on Women, Peace and Security
非洲女教育家论坛  Forum for African Women Educationalists
巴尔干妇女与和平中心  Interbalkan Centre for Women and Peace
波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那妇女方桉  Programme for the Women of Bosnia and Herzegovina
提高妇女地位国家机构  national machinery for the advancement of women
妇女和社会研究中心  Center for the Study of Women in Society
妇女问题协商委员会  Consultative Committee on Women
肯尼亚女律师联合会  Federation of Women Lawyers Kenya
促进妇女地位和男女平等股  Unit for the Promotion of the Status of Women and Gender Equality
国际妇女数学家大会  International Congress of Women Mathematicians
妇女活动协调员  Coordinator of Activities Relating to Women
阿拉伯妇女、现代化和民主问题专家会议  Meeting of Experts on Arab Women, Modernity and Democracy
欧洲妇女联合会  European Union of Women
反对贩运妇女联盟 fǎn duì fàn yùn fù rǔ lián méng Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
阿拉伯妇女团结协会  Arab Women Solidarity Association
1970-1990 年世界妇女趋势与统计  The World's Women 1970-1990: Trends and Statistics
向妇女领袖颁奖仪式 xiàng fù rǔ lǐng xiù bān jiǎng yí shì Award Ceremony for women leaders
联合国支援消除对妇女暴力行为信托基金  United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women / Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women
支援消除对妇女暴力行为信托基金  United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women / Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women
女童与女青年问题工作组  Working Group on Girl Children and Young Women
巴基斯坦妇女总联合会  General Union of Palestinian Women
国家促进男女平等和公平政策  National Policy to Promote Equality and Equity between Men and Women
妇女、卫生与发展问题指导委员会  Steering Committee on Women, Health and Development
通过计划生育提高妇幼健康水平  Better Health for Women and Children through Family Planning
妇女与发展股  Women and Development Unit
妇女参与发展模拟模式  Women in Development Simulation Model
欧洲残疾妇女宣言 ōu zhōu cán jí fù rǔ xuān yán Manifesto by Disabled Women in Europe
联合国妇女十年后半期行动纲领  Programme of Action for the Second Half of the United Nations Decade for Women
妇女中心  Centre for Women
妇女主要群体  women major group
妇女参与海事部门战略  Strategy for the Integration of Women in the Maritime Sector
非洲妇女训练和研究中心  African Training and Research Centre for Women
残疾儿童、青年和妇女问题工作队  Task Force on Disabled Children, Youth and Women
国家妇女与发展统计数据库手册  Handbook for National Statistical Databases on Women and Development
联合国残疾妇女和儿童工作队  United Nations Task Force on Disabled Women and Children
消除对妇女歧视委员会通过的一般性建议  General recommendations adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
加勒比妇女领导研究所  Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership
至2005年提高妇女地位阿拉伯行动计划  Arab Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women to the Year 2005
国际妇女与种族隔离讨论会  International Seminar on Women and Apartheid
妇女活动协调股  Coordinating Unit for Activities Relating to Women
拉丁美洲和加勒比妇女问题区域会议  Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
妇女参与建设和平网  Women in Peacebuilding Network / Women in Peacebuilding Program
妇女参与发展科  Women in Development Section
世界妇女 shì jiè fù rǔ The World's Women
非洲妇女对抗艾滋病学会  Society for Women and AIDS in Africa
妇女与和平问题专家组会议  Expert Group Meeting on Women and Peace
南亚妇女研究协会  South Asian Association for Women Studies
非洲妇女发展与通讯网  African Women Development and Communication Network
不结盟运动提高妇女地位问题部长级会议  Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement on the Advancement of Women
妇女参与发展新时代新途径运动  Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
妇女地位委员会  Commission on the Status of Women
亚太非政府组织妇女参与发展专题讨论会  Asian and Pacific Symposium of Non-Governmental Organizations on Women in Development
非洲之角妇女知识网络  Horn of Africa Women Knowledge Network
国际犹太妇女协进会  International Council of Jewish Women
消除对妇女暴力行为世界运动  Worldwide Campaign to End Violence against Women
贝伦杜帕拉公约  Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women / Convention of Belém do Pará
妇女发展方桉科  Development Programmes for Women Section
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