字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle / the inside / in the middle / within / between / among / during / in the meantime syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 正中 zhèng zhōng middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub syn 陈年 陳年 chén nián (of wine) aged / (of debts etc) old / longstanding syn 调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities syn 女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn 年老 nián lǎo aged syn 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 产妇 產婦 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth syn 年迈 年邁 nián mài old / aged syn 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents syn 中游 zhōng yóu the middle stretches of a river / middle level / middle echelon / midstream syn 苍老 蒼老 cāng lǎo old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful syn 中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand 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 巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) syn 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 老迈 老邁 lǎo mài aged / senile syn 中段 zhōng duàn middle section / middle period / middle area / mid- syn 老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn 女杰 女傑 nǚ jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected syn 拦腰 攔腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist syn 老龄 老齡 lǎo líng old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged syn 中青年 zhōng qīng nián middle-aged 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") 尊老 zūn lǎo respect the aged syn 青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 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 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 耄耋 mào dié extremely aged / gray and venerable 半老徐娘 bàn lǎo xú niáng middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age 衰朽 shuāi xiǔ decaying / decrepit / aged and crumbling syn 耄 mào extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s) / octogenarian / nonagenarian 婧 jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented 耋 dié aged / in one's eighties 中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 女 nǚ female / woman / daughter syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 美女 měi nǚ beautiful woman syn 当中 當中 dāng zhōng among / in the middle / in the center syn 中央 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) 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 女郎 nǚ láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 女子 nǚ zǐ woman / female 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 温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender / sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) syn 妇女 婦女 fù nǚ woman syn 半夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night syn 中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school syn 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 粉色 fěn sè pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up) syn 中部 zhōng bù middle part / central section / central region syn 中年 zhōng nián middle age syn 孕妇 孕婦 yùn fù pregnant woman syn 妖精 yāo jing evil spirit / alluring woman syn 中东 中東 zhōng dōng Middle East 淑女 shū nǚ wise and virtuous woman / lady syn 美人 měi rén beautiful woman / belle syn 尤物 yóu wù rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman syn 老太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) 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 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 中世纪 中世紀 zhōng shì jì medieval / Middle Ages 佳人 jiā rén beautiful woman syn 苗条 苗條 miáo tiao (of a woman) slim / slender / graceful syn 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn 婆娘 pó niáng woman (derog.) syn 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman 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 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 中产阶级 中產階級 zhōng chǎn jiē jí middle class 夏娃 xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1}) 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) 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 女工 nǚ gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 中期 zhōng qī middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc) syn 娘家 niáng jia married woman's parents' home syn 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married / to take a husband 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 中学生 中學生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student 间歇 間歇 jiàn xiē to stop in the middle of sth / intermittent / intermittence syn 中指 zhōng zhǐ middle finger syn 老处女 老處女 lǎo chǔ nǚ unmarried old woman / spinster 身形 shēn xíng figure (esp. a woman's) 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 过门 過門 guò mén to pass through a doorway / (of a woman) to marry / orchestral music interlude in an opera syn 贵妇 貴婦 guì fù upper-class woman / lady (old) syn 红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks syn 