色魔 sè mó sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex) 异性 異性 yì xìng the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature 色相 sè xiàng coloration / hue / sex / sex appeal 性交易 xìng jiāo yì prostitution / commercial sex / the sex trade 男男性接触者 nán nán xìng jiē chù zhě men who have sex with men / men having sex with men 男男性行为者 男男性行為者 men who have sex with men / men having sex with men 性别分布 性別分布 sex distribution / sex structure 性别结构 性別結構 sex distribution / sex structure 性服务产业 性服務產業 xìng fú wù chǎn yè sex service industry 大型企业 大型企業 dà xíng qǐ yè large scale industry / major industry 餐饮业 餐飲業 cān yǐn yè food service industry / catering industry 夕阳产业 夕陽產業 xī yáng chǎn yè sunset industry / declining industry 民族工业 民族工業 mín zú gōng yè national industry / industry run by Chinese nationals or ethnic Chinese 酿酒业 釀酒業 niàng jiǔ yè brewing industry / wine industry 从业者 從業者 cóng yè zhě people in the (aforementioned) industry / practitioner / industry professional 会奖旅游 會獎旅遊 huì jiǎng lǚ yóu MICE tourism (acronym for "meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions"), aka "meetings industry" or "events industry" 签售会 簽售會 qiān shòu huì (publishing industry) book signing event / (music industry) fansign event 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 女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn 性感 xìng gǎn sex appeal / eroticism / sexuality / sexy syn 性别 性別 xìng bié gender / sex syn 色情 sè qíng pornography / sex syn 男性 nán xìng the male sex / a male syn 性爱 性愛 xìng ài sex / lovemaking 性生活 xìng shēng huó sex life syn 吸引力 xī yǐn lì attractive force (such as gravitation) / sex appeal / attractiveness syn 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 绯闻 緋聞 fēi wén sex scandal syn 好色 hào sè to want sex / given to lust / lecherous / lascivious / horny syn 性教育 xìng jiào yù sex education 变性 變性 biàn xìng to denature / denaturation / to have a sex change / transsexual 壮阳 壯陽 zhuàng yáng (TCM) to build up one's kidney yang / to boost male sex drive 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 口交 kǒu jiāo oral sex 红粉 紅粉 hóng fěn rouge and powder / (fig.) the fair sex syn 色诱 色誘 sè yòu to seduce / to lead into sex 禁果 jìn guǒ forbidden fruit (esp. premarital sex) 情趣用品 qíng qù yòng pǐn adult product / sex toy 露骨 lù gǔ blatant / unsubtle / frank / (of sex, violence etc) explicit syn 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 性激素 xìng jī sù sex hormone 炒饭 炒飯 chǎo fàn fried rice / (Tw) (slang) to have sex 性伴侣 性伴侶 xìng bàn lǚ sex partner 奸淫 姦淫 jiān yín illicit sex / to rape or seduce syn 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 性腺 xìng xiàn gonad / sex gland 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 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 诱奸 誘姦 yòu jiān to seduce (into sex) syn 性器 xìng qì sex organ 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 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 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 交媾 jiāo gòu to have sex / to copulate syn 床上戏 床上戲 chuáng shàng xì sex scene (in a movie etc) 色情狂 sè qíng kuáng mad about sex / nymphomania syn 阴精 陰精 yīn jīng sex fluids 奸尸 奸屍 jiān shī to have sex with a corpse 龙凤胎 龍鳳胎 lóng fèng tāi twins of mixed sex 色 sè color / CL:種|种[zhong3] / look / appearance / sex syn 骗色 騙色 piàn sè to trick sb into having sex 健慰器 jiàn wèi qì sex toy 淫虫 淫蟲 yín chóng sex maniac 招嫖 zhāo piáo (of a sex worker) to solicit customers 群交 qún jiāo group sex 口活 kǒu huó oral sex 思春期 sī chūn qī age when girls start to develop feelings for the opposite sex / puberty 口淫 kǒu yín oral sex / fellatio 偷香窃玉 偷香竊玉 tōu xiāng qiè yù lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom) / philandering / secret illicit sex syn 沉湎酒色 chén miǎn jiǔ sè to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom) / overindulgence in wine and women / an incorrigible drunkard and lecher 诲淫诲盗 誨淫誨盜 huì yín huì dào to promote sex and violence / to stir up lust and covetousness 酒色财气 酒色財氣 jiǔ sè cái qì wine, sex, avarice and temper (idiom) / four cardinal vices 饕餮之徒 tāo tiè zhī tú glutton / gourmand / by extension, person who is greedy for power, money, sex etc syn 怜香惜玉 憐香惜玉 lián xiāng xī yù to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom) syn 婚外性接触 婚外性接觸 hūn wài xìng jiē chù extramarital sex 进行性交 進行性交 jìn xíng xìng jiāo to have sex / to have sexual intercourse 异性性接触 異性性接觸 yì xìng xìng jiē chù heterosexual sex 第二性 dì èr xìng The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir) syn 冶容 yě róng to mold (into seductive shape) / to dress up (usu. derogatory) / to sex up syn 加油添醋 jiā yóu tiān cù to add interest (to a story) / to sex up syn 另觅新欢 另覓新歡 lìng mì xīn huān to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex) / a bit on the side 娈童者 孌童者 luán tóng zhě child molester / sex tourist 性别歧视 性別歧視 xìng bié qí shì sex discrimination / sexism 性工作 xìng gōng zuò employment as sex worker / prostitution 敲中背 qiāo zhōng bèi to receive oral sex from a prostitute 敲大背 qiāo dà bèi to have sex with a prostitute 断背 斷背 duàn bèi homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship) 杜氏腺 dù shì xiàn Dufour gland (produces female sex hormone in bees) 