把 bǎ to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) syn 那个 那個 nà ge that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] syn 将 將 jiāng will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3]) syn 宝贝 寶貝 bǎo bèi treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character syn 性 xìng nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 性感 xìng gǎn sex appeal / eroticism / sexuality / sexy syn 反对 反對 fǎn duì to oppose / to be against / to object to syn 女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn 对象 對象 duì xiàng target / object / partner / boyfriend / girlfriend / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 男性 nán xìng the male sex / a male syn 色 sè color / CL:種|种[zhong3] / look / appearance / sex syn 事物 shì wù thing / object / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 色情 sè qíng pornography / sex syn 性爱 性愛 xìng ài sex / lovemaking 异性 異性 yì xìng the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature 吸引力 xī yǐn lì attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness syn 性生活 xìng shēng huó sex life syn 物体 物體 wù tǐ object / body / substance syn 性别 性別 xìng bié gender / sex syn 背部 bèi bù back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object) syn 尤物 yóu wù rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman syn 绯闻 緋聞 fēi wén sex scandal syn 变性 變性 biàn xìng to denature / denaturation / to have a sex change / transsexual 线条 線條 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) syn 视角 視角 shì jiǎo angle from which one observes an object / (fig.) perspective / viewpoint / frame of reference / (cinematography) camera angle / (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye) / (photography) angle of view syn 笑柄 xiào bǐng a matter for ridicule / an object of ridicule / laughingstock syn 符咒 fú zhòu charm / amulet (religious object conferring blessing) syn 精华 精華 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul syn 藏品 cáng pǐn museum piece / collector's item / precious object 物件 wù jiàn object 重塑 chóng sù to reconstruct (an art object) / to remodel 拍子 pāi zi beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports) syn 好色 hào sè to want sex / given to lust / lecherous / lascivious / horny syn 打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) syn 亮光 liàng guāng light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object syn 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn 尖顶 尖頂 jiān dǐng pointed object / cusp / pinnacle / steeple 露骨 lù gǔ blatant / unsubtle / frank / (of sex, violence etc) explicit syn 仿制品 仿製品 fǎng zhì pǐn counterfeit object / fake syn 前段 qián duàn front part (of an object) / first part (of an event) / previous paragraph 重物 zhòng wù heavy object 实物 實物 shí wù material object / concrete object / original object / in kind / object for practical use / definite thing / reality / matter (physics) syn 走后门 走後門 zǒu hòu mén (lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex syn 珍品 zhēn pǐn valuable object / curio syn 背影 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn 色情狂 sè qíng kuáng mad about sex / nymphomania syn 扑通 撲通 pū tōng (onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop syn 炒饭 炒飯 chǎo fàn fried rice / (Tw) (slang) to have sex 色相 sè xiàng coloration / hue / sex / sex appeal 不以为然 不以為然 bù yǐ wéi rán not to accept as correct (idiom) / to object / to disapprove / to take exception to syn 性激素 xìng jī sù sex hormone 打炮 dǎ pào to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate syn 本体 本體 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant) 器物 qì wù implement / utensil / article / object syn 奸淫 姦淫 jiān yín illicit sex / to rape or seduce syn 筒子 tǒng zi tube-shaped object / tube / bobbin / (Internet slang) homonym for 同志[tong2 zhi4] syn 诱奸 誘姦 yòu jiān to seduce (into sex) syn 红粉 紅粉 hóng fěn rouge and powder / (fig.) the fair sex syn 美术品 美術品 měi shù pǐn an art object 性器 xìng qì sex organ 性腺 xìng xiàn gonad / sex gland 孔洞 kǒng dòng small hole in an object syn 交媾 jiāo gòu to have sex / to copulate syn 笑谈 笑談 xiào tán object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat syn 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 宾语 賓語 bīn yǔ object (grammar) 上床 shàng chuáng to go to bed / (coll.) to have sex syn 性福 xìng fú (neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福[xing4 fu2]) satisfied with one's sex life 性教育 xìng jiào yù sex education 神器 shén qì magical object / object symbolic of imperial power / fine weapon / very useful tool 壮阳 壯陽 zhuàng yáng (TCM) to build up one's kidney yang / to boost male sex drive 远端 遠端 yuǎn duān the far end (of an object) / remote (i.e. operating from a distance or over a computer network) / (anatomy) distal 不厌 不厭 bù yàn not to tire of / not to object to 口交 kǒu jiāo oral sex 色诱 色誘 sè yòu to seduce / to lead into sex 禁果 jìn guǒ forbidden fruit (esp. premarital sex) 客体 客體 kè tǐ object (philosophy) syn 性交易 xìng jiāo yì prostitution / commercial sex / the sex trade 情趣用品 qíng qù yòng pǐn adult product / sex toy 移情 yí qíng to redirect one's affections / (of literature etc) to cultivate people's character / empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object) / transference (psychology) 性事 xìng shì sex 探花 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4yuan2]) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet 性伴侣 性伴侶 xìng bàn lǚ sex partner 闯红灯 闖紅燈 chuǎng hóng dēng to run a red light / failing to stop at a red traffic light / (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating 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") 色魔 sè mó sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex) 色迷 sè mí crazy about sex / lecherous / horny 床戏 床戲 chuáng xì sex scene (in a movie etc) 性冲动 性衝動 xìng chōng dòng sex drive 性奴隶 性奴隸 xìng nú lì sex slave 不明飞行物 不明飛行物 bù míng fēi xíng wù unidentified flying object (UFO) 婚前性行为 婚前性行為 hūn qián xìng xíng wèi pre-marital sex 婚前性行为 婚前性行為 hūn qián xìng xíng wéi premarital sex 苟且 gǒu qiě perfunctory / careless / drifting along / resigned to one's fate / improper (relations) / illicit (sex) syn 端面 duān miàn end face / end surface of a cylindrical object syn 尖细 尖細 jiān xì (of an object) tapered / (of a voice) high-pitched 性别比 性別比 xìng bié bǐ sex ratio 自慰器 zì wèi qì sex toy / masturbation aid 欲女 yù nǚ sex-crazed woman 