娉婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman syn 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 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 姹紫嫣红 奼紫嫣紅 chà zǐ yān hóng lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers syn 绮罗 綺羅 qǐ luó beautiful silk fabrics / person in beautiful silk dress 兰章 蘭章 lán zhāng a beautiful speech or piece of writing / your beautiful article (honorific) 美颜 美顏 měi yán to beautify sb's face (with cosmetics etc) / to retouch a photo to make sb look more beautiful / beautiful face / beautified face 天生丽质 天生麗質 tiān shēng - lì zhì (idiom) to be naturally beautiful / to be born beautiful syn 美女 měi nǚ beautiful woman syn 美人 měi rén beautiful woman / belle syn 红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks syn 佳人 jiā rén beautiful woman syn 绝色 絕色 jué sè (of a woman) remarkably beautiful / stunning syn 粉色 fěn sè pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up) syn 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn 玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn 标致 標致 biāo zhi (of a woman) beautiful / pretty syn 艳遇 豔遇 yàn yù encounter with a beautiful woman / romance / affair 尤物 yóu wù rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman syn 娇媚 嬌媚 jiāo mèi flirtatious / coquettish / sweet and charming / beautiful young woman (old) syn 清丽 清麗 qīng lì (of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful / elegant / charming / beautiful syn 冷艳 冷艷 lěng yàn (of a woman) beautiful but aloof syn 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 妖女 yāo nǚ beautiful woman 倾国倾城 傾國傾城 qīng guó qīng chéng lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful / also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2] syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 粉黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman 蛾眉 é méi (fig.) beautiful woman syn 云鬓 雲鬢 yún bìn a woman's beautiful, thick hair 佚 yì lost / missing / forsaken / dissolute / (of a woman) beautiful / fault / offense / hermit / variant of 逸[yi4] syn 媛 yuàn (bound form) beautiful woman (in practice, often pronounced [yuan2]) / Taiwan pr. [yuan2] syn 鬘 mán (of woman's hair) beautiful / flower garland worn as an ornament 花容月貌 huā róng yuè mào lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful 蛾眉皓齿 蛾眉皓齒 é méi hào chǐ beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom) / lovely young woman 西子捧心 xī zǐ pěng xīn lit. Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom) / fig. a woman who is beautiful even when suffering the pangs of illness 郎才女貌 láng cái nǚ mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple syn 倾城倾国 傾城傾國 qīng chéng qīng guó lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful syn 男才女貌 nán cái nǚ mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple 靓妆 靚妝 jìng zhuāng (literary) beautiful adornment (of a woman) syn 香娇玉嫩 香嬌玉嫩 xiāng jiāo yù nèn a beautiful woman 蛇蝎美人 蛇蠍美人 shé xiē měi rén beautiful but dangerous woman / femme fatale 士为知己者死，女为悦己者容 士為知己者死，女為悅己者容 shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nǚ wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart 英雄难过美人关 英雄難過美人關 yīng xióng nán guò měi rén guān even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom) 貌美如花 mào měi rú huā (of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom) / beautiful 妭 bá (literary) beautiful woman / old variant of 魃[ba2] 娉婷袅娜 娉婷裊娜 pīng tíng - niǎo nuó (idiom) (of a woman) beautiful / graceful / elegant 调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities syn 产妇 產婦 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth syn 巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) syn 女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn 慰安妇 慰安婦 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") 女杰 女傑 nǚ jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected syn 婧 jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented 剩女 shèng nǚ "leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single) 女生外向 nǚ shēng wài xiàng a woman is born to leave her family (idiom) / a woman's heart is with her husband 良家女子 liáng jiā nǚ zǐ woman from a respectable family / respectable woman 孤男寡女 gū nán guǎ nǚ a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting) 异女 異女 yì nǚ (Tw) heterosexual woman / straight woman 美丽 美麗 měi lì beautiful syn 漂亮 piào liang pretty / beautiful syn 美好 měi hǎo beautiful / fine syn 美观 美觀 měi guān pleasing to the eye / beautiful / artistic syn 美妙 měi miào beautiful / wonderful / splendid syn 美化 měi huà to make more beautiful / to decorate / embellishment syn 美景 měi jǐng beautiful scenery syn 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 靓丽 靚麗 jìng lì beautiful / pretty 秀丽 秀麗 xiù lì pretty / beautiful syn 艳丽 艷麗 yàn lì gorgeous / garish and beautiful syn 明媚 míng mèi bright and beautiful syn 秀发 秀髮 xiù fà beautiful hair 健美 jiàn měi healthy and beautiful / to do fitness exercises / abbr. for 健美運動|健美运动[jian4 mei3 yun4 dong4] 香格里拉 xiāng gé lǐ lā Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" / a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel 美艳 美艷 měi yàn beautiful and alluring / glamorous / gorgeous syn 风月 風月 fēng yuè romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc) syn 锦绣 錦繡 jǐn xiù beautiful syn 秋水 qiū shuǐ limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) syn 悦耳 悅耳 yuè ěr sweet-sounding / beautiful (of sound) syn 佳美 jiā měi beautiful 菲菲 fēi fēi very fragrant / luxurious / beautiful syn 娇艳 嬌豔 jiāo yàn tender and beautiful syn 凄美 淒美 qī měi poignant / sad and beautiful syn 柔美 róu měi gentle and beautiful syn 佳丽 佳麗 jiā lì a beauty / beautiful syn 嫣然 yān rán beautiful / sweet / engaging syn 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 清幽 qīng yōu (of a location) quiet and secluded / beautiful and secluded syn 瑰丽 瑰麗 guī lì elegant / magnificent / exceptionally beautiful syn 燕赵 燕趙 yān zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers 十全十美 shí quán shí měi complete and beautiful / to be perfect (idiom) syn 满目 滿目 mǎn mù fills the eyes (of a beautiful view, scene of desolation etc) syn 美不胜收 美不勝收 měi bù shèng shōu nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom) syn 绮丽 綺麗 qǐ lì beautiful / enchanting syn 那 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn 鸟语花香 鳥語花香 niǎo yǔ huā xiāng lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom) / fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day 洞天 dòng tiān paradise / heavenly or beautiful place / fairyland 风和日丽 風和日麗 fēng hé rì lì moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom) / fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime syn 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 