一姐 yī jiě (coll.) top-ranked female / leading female / top female personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) 西王母 xī wáng mǔ Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality / popularly known as 王母娘娘 syn 门球 門球 mén qiú croquet / goal ball (served by the goal keeper) 保管人 bǎo guǎn rén Keeper 倌 guān keeper of domestic animals / herdsman / (old) hired hand in certain trade syn 男女 nán nǚ male-female / male and female syn 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 女同胞 nǚ tóng bāo woman / female / female compatriot 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 女选手 女選手 nǚ xuǎn shǒu female contestant / female athlete 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 麀 yōu female deer / doe / female animal 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. 表姑 biǎo gū father's female cousin via female line 宅女 zhái nǚ female geek / female nerd / otaku girl 表姐妹 biǎo jiě mèi female cousins via female line 切割女性生殖器官 female genital mutilation / female genital cutting 非政府组织今日女童问题论坛 非政府組織今日女童問題論壇 Non-Governmental Organizations Forum on the Female Child of Today / NGO Forum on the Female Child of Today 大姐头 大姐頭 dà jiě tóu (Tw) female gang leader / female boss / big sister 表妹夫 biǎo mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via female line 表弟妹 biǎo dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via female line / younger cousins via female line 女大 nǚ dà (slang) female university student / female college student 女宾 女賓 nǚ bīn female guest / female visitor 女主 nǚ zhǔ female lead / female protagonist 姐们 姐們 jiě men (coll.) close female friend / sis (between female friends) 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 讨人 討人 tǎo rén (old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute 妓院 jì yuàn brothel / whorehouse syn 青楼 青樓 qīng lóu (literary) brothel / pleasure quarters 嫖客 piáo kè patron of a brothel syn 王八 wáng bā tortoise / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel / pimp syn 窑子 窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel syn 嫖宿 piáo sù to spend the night at a brothel 柳陌花衢 liǔ mò huā qú brothel 走马章台 走馬章臺 zǒu mǎ zhāng tái to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom) / to visit prostitutes 冶游 冶遊 yě yóu to go courting / to visit a brothel (old) / related to 野遊|野游[ye3 you2] 勾栏 勾欄 gōu lán brothel / theater / carved balustrade 娼家 chāng jiā brothel 烟花场 煙花場 yān huā chǎng brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) 烟花寨 煙花寨 yān huā zhài brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) 烟花市 煙花市 yān huā shì (old) red-light district / brothel 烟花行院 煙花行院 yān huā xíng yuàn brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) 烟花阵 煙花陣 yān huā zhèn brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) 章台 章臺 zhāng tái street name in ancient Chang'an synonymous with brothel area / red-light district 销金窟 銷金窟 xiāo jīn kū money squandering establishment (e.g. gambling den, brothel etc) 妓寨 jì zhài brothel 妓馆 妓館 jì guǎn brothel 妈妈桑 媽媽桑 mā ma sāng mama-san, middle-aged woman who runs a brothel, bar etc (loanword from Japanese) / madam 烟花行院 煙花行院 yān huā háng yuàn brothel (esp. in Yuan theater) 王八 wáng ba softshell turtle / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel syn 女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn 女子 nǚ zǐ woman / female syn 女生 nǚ shēng schoolgirl / female student / girl 女歌手 nǚ gē shǒu female singer 女星 nǚ xīng female star / famous actress syn 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 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) 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 伊人 yī rén (literary) that person (usually female) / she / one's intended 空姐 kōng jiě abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant syn 老板娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife syn 白虎 bái hǔ White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn 师妹 師妹 shī mèi junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher 小公主 xiǎo gōng zhǔ lit. little princess / fig. spoiled girl / female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4] 艺伎 藝伎 yì jì geisha (Japanese female entertainer) / also written 藝妓|艺妓[yi4 ji4] 女婴 女嬰 nǚ yīng female baby 表弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 学姐 學姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate 学妹 學妹 xué mèi junior or younger female schoolmate 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 螺母 luó mǔ nut (female component of nut and bolt) syn 女佣 女傭 nǚ yōng (female) maid syn 管家婆 guǎn jiā pó housewife (jocular) / female housekeeper of a higher rank (old) / busybody syn 巫婆 wū pó witch / sorceress / female shaman syn 林黛玉 lín dài yù Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 发情 發情 fā qíng (zoology) (of a female) to be in heat / (of a male) to be in rut 女伴 nǚ bàn female companion 惊鸿 驚鴻 jīng hóng graceful (esp. of female posture) / lithe 衣裙 yī qún female clothing 女仆 女僕 nǚ pú female servant / maid syn 女色 nǚ sè female charms / femininity syn 花旦 huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera syn 雌性 cí xìng female 农妇 農婦 nóng fù peasant woman (in former times) / female farm worker syn 雌雄 cí xióng male and female 打工妹 dǎ gōng mèi young female worker 舞娘 舞孃 wǔ niáng female dancer 结扎 結扎 jié zā to tie up / to bind up / (medicine) to ligate / (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia) / (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation) 艺妓 藝妓 yì jì geisha (Japanese female entertainer) / also written 藝伎|艺伎[yi4 ji4] syn 女主人公 nǚ zhǔ rén gōng heroine (of a novel or film) / main female protagonist 不孕症 bù yùn zhèng female infertility syn 外孙 外孫 wài sūn daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line syn 