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 大美人 dà měi rén gorgeous-looking woman 调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities syn 产妇 產婦 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth syn 巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) syn 女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn 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") 娉婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman syn 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 女杰 女傑 nǚ jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected syn 婧 jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented 剩女 shèng nǚ "leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single) 女生外向 nǚ shēng wài xiàng a woman is born to leave her family (idiom) / a woman's heart is with her husband 正妹 zhèng mèi (Tw) beautiful woman / sexy woman 良家女子 liáng jiā nǚ zǐ woman from a respectable family / respectable woman 孤男寡女 gū nán guǎ nǚ a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting) 异女 異女 yì nǚ (Tw) heterosexual woman / straight woman 华丽 華麗 huá lì gorgeous syn 绚丽 絢麗 xuàn lì gorgeous / magnificent syn 艳丽 艷麗 yàn lì gorgeous / garish and beautiful syn 美艳 美艷 měi yàn beautiful and alluring / glamorous / gorgeous syn 斑斓 斑斕 bān lán gorgeous / brightly colored / multicolored syn 华美 華美 huá měi magnificent / gorgeous / ornate syn 绚烂 絢爛 xuàn làn splendid / gorgeous / dazzling syn 华彩 華彩 huá cǎi gorgeous / resplendent or rich color 明丽 明麗 míng lì bright and beautiful / (of a landscape) gorgeous / (of a color) vibrant syn 绚 絢 xuàn adorned / swift / gorgeous / brilliant / variegated syn 红男绿女 紅男綠女 hóng nán lǜ nǚ young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom) syn 绿女红男 綠女紅男 lǜ nǚ hóng nán young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom) 秀色可餐 xiù sè kě cān a feast for the eyes (idiom) / (of women) gorgeous / graceful / (of scenery) beautiful 韡 wěi gorgeous 如金似玉 rú jīn sì yù like gold or jade (idiom) / gorgeous / lovely / splendorous 斑谰 斑讕 bān lán brightly colored / gorgeous / multicolored 竞艳 競艷 jìng yàn vying to be the most glamorous / each more gorgeous than the other / beauty contest 绮灿 綺燦 qǐ càn enchanting / gorgeous 绮靡 綺靡 qǐ mǐ beautiful and intricate / ornate / gorgeous 光艳 光艷 guāng yàn bright and colorful / gorgeous 绚丽多彩 絢麗多彩 xuàn lì duō cǎi bright and colorful / gorgeous syn 绚丽多彩 絢麗多彩 xuàn lì - duō cǎi (idiom) bright and colorful / gorgeous / magnificent syn 女人 nǚ rén woman syn 美女 měi nǚ beautiful woman syn 女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn 人家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] syn 女子 nǚ zǐ woman / female syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender / sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) syn 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 妇女 婦女 fù nǚ woman syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 美人 měi rén beautiful woman / belle syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 女郎 nǚ láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 身形 shēn xíng figure (esp. a woman's) syn 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn 少妇 少婦 shào fù young married woman syn 孕妇 孕婦 yùn fù pregnant woman syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) 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 月经 月經 yuè jīng menstruation / a woman's period syn 红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks syn 佳人 jiā rén beautiful woman syn 淑女 shū nǚ wise and virtuous woman / lady syn 妖精 yāo jing evil spirit / alluring woman syn 绝色 絕色 jué sè (of a woman) remarkably beautiful / stunning syn 妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman syn 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 粉色 fěn sè pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up) syn 青衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] syn 芳心 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn 献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to syn 玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn 苗条 苗條 miáo tiao (of a woman) slim / slender / graceful syn 女工 nǚ gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 露点 露點 lù diǎn dew point / (coll.) (of a woman) to expose one of the three areas (nipples and genitals) 标致 標致 biāo zhi (of a woman) beautiful / pretty syn 糟蹋 zāo tà to waste / to spoil / to ruin / to wreck / to insult / to humiliate / to defile (a woman) / to rape / also pr. [zao1ta5] syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 艳遇 豔遇 yàn yù encounter with a beautiful woman / romance / affair 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 老太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) syn 强人 強人 qiáng rén (politics) strongman / (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person / (old) robber syn 身段 shēn duàn a woman's physique / figure / posture on stage syn 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) 尤物 yóu wù rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman syn 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married / to take a husband syn 美色 měi sè charm / loveliness (of a woman) syn 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 野花 yě huā wildflower / woman of easy virtue 娇媚 嬌媚 jiāo mèi flirtatious / coquettish / sweet and charming / beautiful young woman (old) syn 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 风云人物 風雲人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure syn 