好 hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn 女孩 nǚ hái girl / lass 晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening! 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 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation 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 美貌 měi mào good looks / beauty / good-looking syn 马子 馬子 mǎ zi bandit / brigand / gambling chip / chamber pot / (slang) girl / chick / babe 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 好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn 保养 保養 bǎo yǎng to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance syn 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil / good versus evil 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 无益 無益 wú yì no good / not good for / not beneficial syn 女童 nǚ tóng small girl syn 良药 良藥 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem) 自爱 自愛 zì ài self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health syn 良方 liáng fāng good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy 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 伯乐 伯樂 bó lè Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent 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 美名 měi míng good name / good reputation 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 美誉 美譽 měi yù good name / good reputation syn 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 良策 liáng cè good plan / good idea syn 善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use 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 彩头 彩頭 cǎi tóu good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) syn 秋水 qiū shuǐ limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) syn 风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm 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 马子 馬子 mǎ zǐ (slang) girl / chick / babe 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") 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions 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 以德报怨 以德報怨 yǐ dé bào yuàn to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good syn 待价而沽 待價而沽 dài jià ér gū to sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer 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 善 shàn good (virtuous) / benevolent / well-disposed / good at sth / to improve or perfect syn 丫 yā fork / branch / bifurcation / girl syn 花童 huā tóng page boy / flower girl (at a wedding) 宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn 好好儿 好好兒 hǎo hāo r in good condition / perfectly good / carefully / well / thoroughly syn 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) 还 還 hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else syn 做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 可以 kě yǐ can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good syn 