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 情儿 情兒 qíng r (dialect) mistress / secret lover / extramarital lover 姘夫 pīn fū lover (of a woman) / illicit partner / paramour syn 野汉子 野漢子 yě hàn zi woman's lover 偷汉 偷漢 tōu hàn (of a woman) to take a lover 偷汉子 偷漢子 tōu hàn zi (of a woman) to take a lover 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 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 少妇 少婦 shào fù young married woman syn 妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married / to take a husband syn 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) syn 娘家 niáng jia married woman's parents' home syn 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 小媳妇 小媳婦 xiǎo xí fu young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride 婆姨 pó yí (dialect) wife / married woman syn 归宁 歸寧 guī níng (literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents 聘 pìn to employ / to appoint / (bound form) to betroth / (coll.) (of a woman) to get married / to be marrried off / (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission / Taiwan pr. [ping4] syn 不安其室 bù ān qí shì (idiom) (of a married woman) to be unfaithful / to have extramarital affairs 跟从 跟從 gēn cóng to follow / (of a woman) to get married / (old) attendant 娘家姓 niáng jia xìng maiden name (of married woman) 守空房 shǒu kōng fáng to stay home alone (of married woman) 小媳妇儿 小媳婦兒 xiǎo xí fu r young married woman / scapegoat / young girl engaged to sb by her parents (idiom) 养汉 養漢 yǎng hàn to commit adultery (of married woman) 有夫之妇 有夫之婦 yǒu fū zhī fù married woman 师奶 師奶 shī nǎi married woman of mature age 独守空房 獨守空房 dú shǒu kōng fáng (of a married woman) to stay home alone 人妻 rén qī married woman / wife (as a social role) 婚驴 婚驢 hūn lǘ (derog.) (slang) married woman (term used by some feminists to imply that by marrying, women make themselves subservient to the patriarchal order) 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 恨嫁 hèn jià (of a woman) to yearn to get married 偷人 tōu rén (of a married woman) to cheat on her husband / to have an affair syn 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 情人 qíng rén lover / sweetheart syn 爱好者 愛好者 ài hào zhě lover (of art, sports etc) / amateur / enthusiast / fan syn 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 恋人 戀人 liàn rén lover / sweetheart syn 钟情 鍾情 zhōng qíng to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art) syn 张飞 張飛 zhāng fēi Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine 二奶 èr nǎi mistress / second wife / lover syn 新欢 新歡 xīn huān new flame / new lover 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 醉翁 zuì wēng wine-lover / drinker / toper / drunkard 姘头 姘頭 pīn tou lover / mistress syn 姘居 pīn jū to cohabit with a lover illicitly syn 姘 pīn to be a mistress or lover 断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. 情人眼里出西施 情人眼裡出西施 qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū xī shī lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xi1 shi1] (idiom) / fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder 红杏出墙 紅杏出墻 hóng xìng chū qiáng lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) / fig. a wife having an illicit lover 醉翁之意不在酒 zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔ wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom) / a drinker not really interested in alcohol / having an ulterior motive / to have other things in mind / with an ax to grind / accomplishing something besides what one set out to do 附庸风雅 附庸風雅 fù yōng fēng yǎ (of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti / to pose as a culture lover / to be a culture snob / having pretensions to culture 傍家儿 傍家兒 bàng jiā r lover / partner 情人眼里有西施 情人眼裡有西施 qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu xī shī In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder 重色轻友 重色輕友 zhòng sè qīng yǒu paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom) / to value sex over friendship 台倭 臺倭 tái wō (derogatory for Taiwanese) Jap lover 喜当爹 喜當爹 xǐ dāng diē (neologism c. 2012) (slang) to become a stepfather when one's partner turns out to be pregnant with a child she conceived with another lover 结婚 結婚 jié hūn to marry / to get married / CL:次[ci4] syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 已婚 yǐ hūn married syn 情妇 情婦 qíng fù mistress / paramour (of married man) syn 成亲 成親 chéng qīn to get married syn 成家 chéng jiā to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 成婚 chéng hūn to get married syn 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife / to get married (man) 姑妈 姑媽 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt syn 同房 tóng fáng (of a married couple) to have intercourse / (literary) to share the same room / of the same family branch syn 小两口 小兩口 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple syn 结婚生子 結婚生子 jié hūn shēng zǐ to get married and have kids / to start a family 薛宝钗 薛寶釵 xuē bǎo chāi Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 成家立业 成家立業 chéng jiā lì yè to get married and start a career (idiom) / to settle down / to establish oneself syn 佳偶 jiā ǒu happily married couple 婚龄 婚齡 hūn líng length of married life / marriageable age / actual marrying age 喜结连理 喜結連理 xǐ jié lián lǐ to tie the knot (idiom) / to get married syn 并蒂莲 並蒂蓮 bìng dì lián lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk / fig. a devoted married couple syn 外心 wài xīn (of a married person) interest in a third person / (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition / (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon) syn 女大不中留 nǚ dà bù zhōng liú when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom) 伉俪情深 伉儷情深 kàng lì qíng shēn married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love 鸾飘凤泊 鸞飄鳳泊 luán piāo fèng bó lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom) / fig. bold, graceful calligraphy / married couple separated from each other / talented person not given the opportunity to fulfill his potential syn 老两口儿 老兩口兒 lǎo liǎng kǒu r an old married couple 小蜜 xiǎo mì (derog.) girlfriend of a married man 