女孩 nǚ hái girl / lass 姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 女生 nǚ shēng schoolgirl / female student / girl 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl syn 女郎 nǚ láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender / sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) syn 少女 shào nǚ girl / young lady syn 丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl / servant girl / (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) 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 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl 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) 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 女童 nǚ tóng small 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 妮子 nī zi (coll.) lass / (dialect) little girl syn 揩油 kāi yóu to secretively take advantage of others or public resources for minor personal gain / to grope a woman or girl syn 妙龄 妙齡 miào líng (of a girl) in the prime of youth syn 女娃 nǚ wá (dialect) girl 才女 cái nǚ talented girl syn 校花 xiào huā the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiao4 cao3]) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen 豆蔻 dòu kòu cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) / fig. a girl's teenage years / maidenhood / a budding beauty 幼女 yòu nǚ young girl syn 村姑 cūn gū village girl / country bumpkin syn 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 婢女 bì nǚ slave girl / servant girl syn 黄毛丫头 黃毛丫頭 huáng máo yā tou silly little girl syn 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 秋水 qiū shuǐ limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) syn 妖娆 妖嬈 yāo ráo enchanting / alluring (of a girl) syn 许配 許配 xǔ pèi to betroth a girl (in arranged marriages) syn 织女 織女 zhī nǚ Vega (star) / Weaving girl of folk tales syn 童养媳 童養媳 tóng yǎng xí child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law 逼良为娼 逼良為娼 bī liáng wéi chāng to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom) / to debauch 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 辣妹 là mèi hot chick / sexy girl / abbr. LM 小妹妹 xiǎo mèi mei little sister / little girl / (coll.) vulva 靓女 靚女 liàng nǚ (dialect) pretty girl syn 上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn 讨人 討人 tǎo rén (old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute 丫鬟 yā huan servant girl / maid syn 小公主 xiǎo gōng zhǔ lit. little princess / fig. spoiled girl / female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4] 妞妞 niū niu little girl 发卡 發卡 fā kǎ to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck syn 丫环 丫環 yā huan servant girl / maid 靓妹 靚妹 liàng mèi pretty girl 娇嗔 嬌嗔 jiāo chēn (of a girl) to feign anger coquettishly 闯红灯 闖紅燈 chuǎng hóng dēng to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating 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") 萝莉 蘿莉 luó lì a Lolita (young, cute girl) 洋妞 yáng niū young foreign girl 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 备胎 備胎 bèi tāi spare tire / (slang) fallback guy (or girl) 幼齿 幼齒 yòu chǐ (Tw) naive and innocent (girl or boy) / underage prostitute (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [iù-khí]) 出阁 出閣 chū gé (of a girl) to marry (literary) syn 白毛女 bái máo nǚ The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films 赛车女郎 賽車女郎 sài chē nǚ láng pit babe / paddock girl / grid girl 三陪小姐 sān péi xiǎo jie female escort / bar girl 卖笑 賣笑 mài xiào to work as a good-time girl / to prostitute oneself 淫娃 yín wá dissolute girl / slut 耳鬓厮磨 耳鬢廝磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood syn 娇娇女 嬌嬌女 jiāo jiāo nǚ pampered girl from an affluent family 妮 nī girl / phonetic "ni" (in female names) / Taiwan pr. [ni2] syn 泡 pào bubble / foam / blister / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions syn 妞 niū girl syn 丫 yā fork / branch / bifurcation / girl syn 花童 huā tóng page boy / flower girl (at a wedding) 婢 bì slave girl / maid servant syn 大陆妹 大陸妹 dà lù mèi (in Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao) girl from the mainland / (Tw) Fushan lettuce 福山萵苣|福山莴苣[Fu2 shan1 wo1 ju4] 破瓜 pò guā (of a girl) to lose one's virginity / to deflower a virgin / to reach the age of 16 / (of a man) to reach the age of 64 女大不中留 nǚ dà bù zhōng liú when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom) 稚女 zhì nǚ little girl (of toddler age) 干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 面 麵 miàn flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless syn 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 同志 tóng zhì comrade / (slang) homosexual / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] syn 机场 機場 jī chǎng airport / airfield / (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship / CL:家[jia1],處|处[chu4] syn 变态 變態 biàn tài to metamorphose (biology) / abnormal / perverted / hentai / (slang) pervert 玻璃 bō li glass / CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4] / (slang) male homosexual syn 楼上 樓上 lóu shàng upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread 沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 膝盖 膝蓋 xī gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) syn 空军 空軍 kōng jūn air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked syn 鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn 条子 條子 tiáo zi short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute syn 青蛙 qīng wā frog (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (old) (slang) ugly guy syn 咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn 恐龙 恐龍 kǒng lóng dinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]) / (old) (slang) ugly person 溜冰 liū bīng ice skating / (slang) to do meth syn 灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 海龟 海龜 hǎi guī turtle / Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1] 猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn 白金 bái jīn platinum / silver / (slang) handcuffs syn 正点 正點 zhèng diǎn (of a train etc) on time / punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour syn 叶子 葉子 yè zi leaf (CL:片[pian4]) / (slang) marijuana syn 极品 極品 jí pǐn best quality / item of the highest quality / (slang) outrageous / annoying in the extreme / gross / person with these qualities syn 霹雳 霹靂 pī lì thunderclap / (slang) awesome / shocking / terrifying syn 灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good! syn 