老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 收养 收養 shōu yǎng to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption syn 老太太 lǎo tài tai elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:位[wei4] syn 老年人 lǎo nián rén old people / the elderly syn 老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 寿星 壽星 shòu xīng god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated syn 养老 養老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 高龄 高齡 gāo líng elderly syn 女厕 女廁 nǚ cè women's restroom / women's toilet 老者 lǎo zhě old man / elderly man syn 老朽 lǎo xiǔ decrepit and behind the times / old / useless / (humble) I / me (used by the elderly) syn 妇联 婦聯 fù lián women's league / women's association 祝寿 祝壽 zhù shòu to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person) syn 敬老 jìng lǎo to respect the elderly syn 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male 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 嬷嬷 嬤嬤 mó mo (dialect) elderly lady / wet nurse / Catholic nun syn 老太爷 老太爺 lǎo tài yé elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father syn 阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather 阿嬷 阿嬤 ā mā (Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má]) 拜寿 拜壽 bài shòu congratulate an elderly person on his birthday / offer birthday felicitations syn 奉养 奉養 fèng yǎng to look after (elderly parents) / Taiwan pr. [feng4yang4] syn 扶老携幼 扶老攜幼 fú lǎo xié yòu taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young syn 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn 黄昏恋 黃昏戀 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life 做寿 做壽 zuò shòu to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person) syn 我们 我們 wǒ men we / us / ourselves / our syn 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn 女装 女裝 nǚ zhuāng women's clothes 女权 女權 nǚ quán women's rights 三八 sān bā International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March / foolish / stupid 贞操 貞操 zhēn cāo (usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity syn 祸水 禍水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women) syn 贞节 貞節 zhēn jié chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy syn 艳福 艷福 yàn fú luck with women 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 仕女 shì nǚ court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women syn 女排 nǚ pái women's volleyball / abbr. for 女子排球 长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn 妇幼 婦幼 fù yòu women and children 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky syn 妇女节 婦女節 fù nǚ jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 小可爱 小可愛 xiǎo kě ài cutie / sweetie / (Tw) camisole (women's garment) 女单 女單 nǚ dān women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc) 采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women 女双 女雙 nǚ shuāng women's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc) 猎艳 獵艷 liè yàn to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style 来潮 來潮 lái cháo (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period syn 三八节 三八節 sān bā jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 女人家 nǚ rén jia women (in general) syn 红色娘子军 紅色孃子軍 hóng sè niáng zi jūn Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964 妇女联合会 婦女聯合會 fù nǚ lián hé huì women's union 男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) 巾 jīn towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50 syn 闺 閨 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / (fig.) women 妾 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women) syn 淑 shū (bound form) (of women) gentle / kind / lovely / admirable / (used in given names) / Taiwan pr. [shu2] 男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages 男女老幼 nán nǚ lǎo yòu men, women, young and old / everybody 授受不亲 授受不親 shòu shòu bù qīn (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women 老大妈 老大媽 lǎo dà mā "Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman) / CL:位[wei4] syn 中老年人 zhōng lǎo nián rén middle-aged and elderly people syn 闱 闈 wéi door to women's room / gate to palace syn 帏 幃 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent 娅 婭 yà (literary) term of address between husbands of sisters / (used to transliterate foreign names) / (used in Chinese women's names) syn 帼 幗 guó cap worn by women / feminine 軿 píng curtained carriage used by women / to gather together / to assemble 耇 gǒu wrinkled face of the elderly 三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom) 三从四德 三從四德 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 syn 偷鸡摸狗 偷雞摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs syn 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 牝雞司晨 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 牝雞牡鳴 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 紅顏薄命 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 秀色可餐 xiù sè kě cān a feast for the eyes (idiom) / (of women) gorgeous / graceful / (of scenery) beautiful 男尊女卑 nán zūn nǚ bēi to regard men as superior to women (idiom) 绿惨红愁 綠慘紅愁 lǜ cǎn hóng chóu (of women) grieved appearance (idiom) / sorrowful mien 老龄妇女和老年妇女参与发展专家组会议 老齡婦女和老年婦女參與發展專家組會議 Expert Group Meeting on the integration of ageing and elderly women into development 全球妇女环境大会 全球婦女環境大會 Global Women's Assembly on Environment: Women as the Voice for the Environment / Global Women's Assembly on Environment 赤贫妇女问题讨论会 赤貧婦女問題討論會 Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty, Integration of Women's Concerns in National Development Planning / Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty 女足 nǚ zú women's soccer / women's football / women's soccer team 白托 bái tuō day care for the elderly (abbr. of 白天托管[bai2 tian1 tuo1 guan3]) / to be blinded by greed / swindler (homonym of 拜託|拜托[bai4 tuo1]) 绕膝 繞膝 rào xī (children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents 护老者 護老者 hù lǎo zhě carer of elderly persons / aged care worker 老年人保健方案 lǎo nián rén bǎo jiàn fāng àn Programme on Health of the Elderly 欧洲老年人福利联合会 歐洲老年人福利聯合會 European Federation for the Welfare of the Elderly 国际老年人协会联合会 國際老年人協會聯合會 International Federation of Associations of the Elderly 欧洲退休和老年人联合会 歐洲退休和老年人聯合會 European Federation of Retired and Elderly Persons 国际老人组织联合会 國際老人組織聯合會 International Federation of Organizations of the Elderly 老人药品 老人藥品 Drugs for the elderly 