堂弟妹 táng dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via male line / younger cousins via male line 一哥 yī gē (coll.) top-ranked male / leading male / top male personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 表弟妹 biǎo dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via female line / younger cousins via female line 一姐 yī jiě (coll.) top-ranked female / leading female / top female personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) 乙游 乙遊 yǐ yóu otome game – a romance simulation game targeted at women, typically featuring female protagonists and multiple male love interests (abbr. for 乙女遊戲|乙女游戏[yi3 nu : 3 you2 xi4]) 男性 nán xìng the male sex / a male syn 男生 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male) 男同胞 nán tóng bāo man / male / male compatriot 妻子管得严 妻子管得嚴 qī zi guǎn dé yán hen-pecked male (esp. one obliged to forsake male friends) 男服务员 男服務員 nán fú wù yuán steward / male clerk / male flight attendant 成丁 chéng dīng (of a male) to come of age / an adult male 堂嫂 táng sǎo wife of older male cousin via male line 堂弟媳 táng dì xí wife of younger male cousin via male line 公对公 公對公 gōng - duì - gōng B2B / business-to-business / (of a connector) male-to-male 男大 nán dà (slang) male university student / male college student 男宾 男賓 nán bīn male guest / male visitor syn 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 表弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 发情 發情 fā qíng (zoology) (of a female) to be in heat / (of a male) to be in rut 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) 表兄 biǎo xiōng older male cousin via female line 表嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line 表兄弟 biǎo xiōng dì male cousins via female line syn 割礼 割禮 gē lǐ circumcision (male or female) 旦角 dàn jiǎo Dan, female roles in Chinese opera (played by specialized male actors) syn 旦角 dàn jué dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) syn 旦 dàn (literary) dawn / daybreak / dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) syn 表侄 表姪 biǎo zhí son of a male cousin via female line syn 表侄女 表姪女 biǎo zhí nǚ daughter of a male cousin via female line syn 欧巴 歐巴 ōu bā (female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa") / male friend 乾旦 qián dàn male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera) 男旦 nán dàn male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera) 堂妹夫 táng mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via male line 堂姐夫 tǎng jiě fu husband of older female cousin via male line 表弟媳 biǎo dì xí wife of younger male cousin via female line 堂姐夫 táng jiě fu husband of older female cousin via male line 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 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 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) 张志新 張志新 zhāng zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979 厮 廝 sī (bound form) together / each other / (bound form) male servant / (bound form) dude / so-and-so (used in 那廝|那厮[na4 si1] and 這廝|这厮[zhe4 si1]) syn 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 他 tā (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2]) syn 螺栓 luó shuān bolt (male component of nut and bolt) 狮虎兽 獅虎獸 shī hǔ shòu liger, hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress 虎狮兽 虎獅獸 hǔ shī shòu tigon or tiglon, hybrid cross between a male tiger and a lioness 雄 xióng male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence syn 王义夫 王義夫 wáng yì fū Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist 四德 sì dé four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 全球升温和海平面上升问题马累宣言 全球升溫和海平面上升問題馬累宣言 Male Declaration on Global Warming and Sea Level Rise 穿一条裤子 穿一條褲子 chuān yī tiáo kù zi (of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together / to be like family / to share the same view of things 螺母 luó mǔ nut (female component of nut and bolt) 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 螺帽 luó mào nut (female component of nut and bolt) 沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts syn 蟹黄 蟹黃 xiè huáng the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy) 秋瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films 穆桂英 mù guì yīng Mu Guiying, female warrior and heroine of the Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将 冰心 bīng xīn Bing Xin (1900-1999), female poet and children's writer 郭晶晶 guō jīng jīng Guo Jingjing (1981-), Chinese female diver and Olympic gold medalist 张宁 張寧 zhāng níng Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist 张怡宁 張怡寧 zhāng yí níng Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist 于丹 yú dān Yu Dan (1965-), female scholar, writer, educator and TV presenter 李格非 lǐ gé fēi Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照 茹志鹃 茹誌鵑 rú zhì juān Ru Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician 螺丝帽 螺絲帽 luó sī mào nut (female component of nut and bolt) 螺丝母 螺絲母 luó sī mǔ nut (female component of nut and bolt) syn 裙带风 裙帶風 qún dài fēng the practice of favoring sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) culture of favoritism towards relatives, friends and associates 女户主家庭的成因与后果 女戶主家庭的成因與後果 The Determinants and Consequences of Female-Headed Households 制止切割女性生殖器信托基金 Trust Fund on Female Genital Mutilation and Cuttting 犏牛 piān niú offspring of a bull and a female yak 姶 è wonderful / beautiful / (used in female given names and as a surname) 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 男子 nán zǐ a man / a male syn 玻璃 bō li glass / CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4] / (slang) male homosexual syn 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn 