少艾 shào ài young and pretty / pretty girl 不离儿 不離兒 bù lí r not bad / pretty good / pretty close syn 丫头片子 丫頭片子 yā tou piàn zi (coll.) silly girl / little girl 靓女 靚女 liàng nǚ (dialect) pretty girl syn 靓妹 靚妹 liàng mèi pretty girl 辣妹子 là mèi zi sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan) 看看 kàn kan to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon syn 丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl / servant girl / (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) syn 绿茶 綠茶 lǜ chá green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative / a girl who has these qualities 婢女 bì nǚ slave girl / servant girl syn 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 赛车女郎 賽車女郎 sài chē nǚ láng pit babe / paddock girl / grid girl 女大十八变 女大十八變 nǚ dà shí bā biàn lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was 把妹 bǎ mèi to pick up a girl / to get a girl 世界女童子军协会 世界女童子軍協會 World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts 世界女童子军协会世界会议 世界女童子軍協會世界會議 World Conference of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts 把马子 把馬子 bǎ mǎ zǐ to pick up a girl / to get a girl 柴禾妞 chái hé niū (dialect) country girl / unsophisticated girl 小鬟 xiǎo huán (historical) chignon worn by a young girl / slave girl (prepubescent household courtesan wearing a distinctive paired chignon hairstyle) 把马子 把馬子 bǎ mǎ zi to pick up a girl / to get a girl 乖乖女 guāi guāi nǚ well-behaved girl / good girl 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn 小妹妹 xiǎo mèi mei little sister / little girl / (coll.) vulva 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 妮子 nī zi (coll.) lass / (dialect) little girl syn 樱花妹 櫻花妹 yīng huā mèi (coll.) Japanese girl 心动女 心動女 xīn dòng nǚ (coll.) the girl of your dreams 可以 kě yǐ can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good syn 不错 不錯 bù cuò correct / right / not bad / pretty good syn 漂亮 piào liang pretty / beautiful syn 长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) 靓丽 靚麗 jìng lì beautiful / pretty 秀丽 秀麗 xiù lì pretty / beautiful syn 清秀 qīng xiù delicate and pretty syn 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 标致 標致 biāo zhi (of a woman) beautiful / pretty syn 俊美 jùn měi pretty / handsome syn 妖艳 妖艷 yāo yàn pretty and flirtatious syn 俏丽 俏麗 qiào lì handsome / pretty syn 貌美 mào měi good looks / pretty (e.g. young woman) 俊秀 jùn xiù well-favored / elegant / pretty syn 小白脸 小白臉 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo 细腰 細腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin 娇滴滴 嬌滴滴 jiāo dī dī sweet / cute / delicately pretty syn 眉清目秀 méi qīng mù xiù pretty / with delicate features syn 小家碧玉 xiǎo jiā bì yù pretty daughter in a humble family syn 妖冶 yāo yě pretty and flirtatious syn 八九不离十 八九不離十 bā jiǔ bù lí shí pretty close / very near / about right syn 因陋就简 因陋就簡 yīn lòu jiù jiǎn crude but simple methods (idiom) / use whatever methods you can / to do things simply and thriftily / It's not pretty but it works. syn 倩 qiàn pretty / winsome / to ask for sb's help / son-in-law (old) syn 姣 jiāo cunning / pretty 姝 shū pretty woman syn 姱 kuā fascinating / pretty 鬗 màn head ornaments / pretty hair 不大离 不大離 bù dà lí pretty close / just about right / not bad / same as 差不多 奶油小生 nǎi yóu xiǎo shēng handsome but effeminate man / pretty boy 不明觉厉 不明覺厲 bù míng jué lì although I don't understand it, it seems pretty awesome (Internet slang) 小白 xiǎo bái (slang) novice / greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool / idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3], pretty boy 俏美 qiào měi charming / pretty 靓丽 靚麗 liàng lì beautiful / pretty / Taiwan pr. [jing4li4] 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn 蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) 跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn 过节儿 過節兒 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / (coll.) good manners 𪨊 㞞 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent 榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) 念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 念想儿 念想兒 niàn xiang r (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat 女孩 nǚ hái girl / lass 女生 nǚ shēng schoolgirl / female student / girl 少女 shào nǚ girl / young lady syn 温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender / sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) syn 姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl syn 出台 出臺 chū tái to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client syn 那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams 女郎 nǚ láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 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) syn 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 辣妹 là mèi hot chick / sexy girl / abbr. LM 秋水 qiū shuǐ limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) syn 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 