一直 yī zhí straight (in a straight line) / continuously / always / all the way through syn 正 zhèng straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive syn 直 zhí straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters syn 直线 直線 zhí xiàn straight line / sharply (rise or fall) 立正 lì zhèng to stand straight / attention! (order to troops) syn 直奔 zhí bèn to go straight to / to make a beeline for 直视 直視 zhí shì to look straight at syn 调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities syn 笔直 筆直 bǐ zhí perfectly straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright syn 女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn 开窍 開竅 kāi qiào to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns syn 畅通 暢通 chàng tōng unimpeded / free-flowing / straight path / unclogged / move without obstruction syn 屹立 yì lì to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing) syn 横冲直撞 橫衝直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom) / to push through shoving and bumping / to barge / to charge around violently syn 产妇 產婦 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth syn 笔挺 筆挺 bǐ tǐng (standing) very straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright / well-ironed / trim syn 平角 píng jiǎo (math.) straight angle 偏转 偏轉 piān zhuǎn deflection (physics) / deviation (away from a straight line) 挺拔 tǐng bá tall and straight syn 单刀直入 單刀直入 dān dāo zhí rù to get straight to the point (idiom) syn 直尺 zhí chǐ straight ruler syn 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 心直口快 xīn zhí kǒu kuài frank and outspoken (idiom) / straight speaking / to say what one thinks syn 巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) syn 歪歪扭扭 wāi wāi niǔ niǔ crooked / not straight / staggering from side to side syn 一马平川 一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country syn 女杰 女傑 nǚ jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected syn 曲直 qū zhí lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil syn 直发 直髮 zhí fà straight hair 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 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") 直行 zhí xíng to go straight / straight forward / fig. to do right 娉婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman syn 长驱直入 長驅直入 cháng qū zhí rù to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom) / (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth / to flood in 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 整队 整隊 zhěng duì to dress (troops) / to line up (to arrange in a straight line) 同花顺 同花順 tóng huā shùn straight flush (poker) 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 偏斜 piān xié crooked / not upright / diverging from straight line / improper / dishonest syn 挺 tǐng straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns syn 冲 衝 chōng thoroughfare / to go straight ahead / to rush / to clash syn 矢 shǐ arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3] syn 直话 直話 zhí huà straight talk / straightforward words 径 徑 jìng footpath / track / diameter / straight / directly syn 照直 zhào zhí directly / straight / straight ahead / straightforward 墨斗 mò dǒu carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 墨线 墨線 mò xiàn inked line / carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber) 婧 jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented 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 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 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 妇女 婦女 fù nǚ woman syn 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 粉色 fěn sè pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up) syn 孕妇 孕婦 yùn fù pregnant woman syn 妖精 yāo jing evil spirit / alluring woman syn 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 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 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 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] 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 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 芳心 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman 身段 shēn duàn a woman's physique / figure / posture on stage syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 凶悍 兇悍 xiōng hàn violent / fierce and tough / shrewish (woman) syn 