大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn 哥哥 gē ge older brother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 姐姐 jiě jie older sister / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 师傅 師傅 shī fu master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 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 堂兄 táng xiōng older male patrilineal cousin syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn 长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate syn 先辈 先輩 xiān bèi an older generation / ancestors / forefathers syn 伯父 bó fù father's elder brother / term of respect for older man / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 长者 長者 zhǎng zhě senior / older person syn 孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 慈祥 cí xiáng kindly / benevolent (often of older person) syn 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 女厕 女廁 nǚ cè women's restroom / women's toilet 老妈子 老媽子 lǎo mā zi older female servant / amah syn 老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) syn 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 大龄 大齡 dà líng older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc) syn 后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn 妇联 婦聯 fù lián women's league / women's association 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn 学姐 學姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law syn 姊夫 zǐ fu older sister's husband syn 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn 姊姊 zǐ zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3 jie5] 燕赵 燕趙 yān zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers 姐弟恋 姐弟戀 jiě dì liàn love between an older woman and a younger man 太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate syn 表兄 biǎo xiōng older male cousin via female line 长幼 長幼 zhǎng yòu older and younger / seniority 大姨妈 大姨媽 dà yí mā mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period) 表嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line 陪侍 péi shì to wait upon (older people) / to accompany / attendant 老辈 老輩 lǎo bèi the older generation / ancestors syn 世伯 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father) / old friend 六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 姐 jiě older sister syn 姊 zǐ older sister / Taiwan pr. [jie3] syn 堂姐 táng jiě older female patrilineal cousin 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 我们 我們 wǒ men we / us / ourselves / our syn 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn 女装 女裝 nǚ zhuāng women's clothes 女权 女權 nǚ quán women's rights 三八 sān bā International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March / foolish / stupid 贞操 貞操 zhēn cāo (usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity syn 祸水 禍水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women) syn 贞节 貞節 zhēn jié chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy syn 艳福 艷福 yàn fú luck with women 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 仕女 shì nǚ court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women syn 女排 nǚ pái women's volleyball / abbr. for 女子排球 长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn 妇幼 婦幼 fù yòu women and children 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky syn 妇女节 婦女節 fù nǚ jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 小可爱 小可愛 xiǎo kě ài cutie / sweetie / (Tw) camisole (women's garment) 女单 女單 nǚ dān women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc) 采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women 女双 女雙 nǚ shuāng women's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc) 猎艳 獵艷 liè yàn to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style 来潮 來潮 lái cháo (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period syn 三八节 三八節 sān bā jié International Women's Day (March 8) syn 女人家 nǚ rén jia women (in general) syn 红色娘子军 紅色孃子軍 hóng sè niáng zi jūn Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964 妇女联合会 婦女聯合會 fù nǚ lián hé huì women's union 男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) 巾 jīn towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50 syn 闺 閨 guī small arched door / boudoir / lady's chamber / (fig.) women 妾 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women) syn 淑 shū (bound form) (of women) gentle / kind / lovely / admirable / (used in given names) / Taiwan pr. [shu2] 男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages 堂哥 táng gē older male patrilineal cousin 男女老幼 nán nǚ lǎo yòu men, women, young and old / everybody 授受不亲 授受不親 shòu shòu bù qīn (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women 大姨子 dà yí zi sister-in-law / wife's older sister syn 欧巴桑 歐巴桑 ōu ba sāng older female / woman of mature years (Japanese loanword) 