姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 青年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 夭折 yāo zhé to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely syn 青年人 qīng nián rén young person / the young syn 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn 寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 死难 死難 sǐ nàn to die in an accident / to die for a just cause syn 板牙 bǎn yá incisor / molar / screw die / threading die syn 打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker / employee / young male worker 少壮派 少壯派 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die / to die of illness 早死 zǎo sǐ to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years) 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 恶少 惡少 è shào young thug / malicious young ruffian syn 少东 少東 shào dōng boss's son / young master / young boss 扶老携幼 扶老攜幼 fú lǎo xié yòu taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young syn 断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 duàn zǐ jué sūn to die without progeny / (offensive) may you die childless / may you be the last of your family line syn 暴卒 bào zú to die of sudden illness / to die suddenly syn 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 没 沒 mò drowned / to end / to die / to inundate syn 走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn 死 sǐ to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned syn 小 xiǎo small / tiny / few / young syn 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 少 shào young syn 死亡 sǐ wáng to die / death syn 年轻 年輕 nián qīng young syn 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn 死去 sǐ qù to die syn 去世 qù shì to pass away / to die syn 年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people / youngster syn 男生 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male) 女郎 nǚ láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 少女 shào nǚ girl / young lady syn 永恒 永恆 yǒng héng eternal / everlasting / fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die) syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 过世 過世 guò shì to die / to pass away syn 从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood / from a young age syn 死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death syn 小鸟 小鳥 xiǎo niǎo small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie syn 死人 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen syn 幼稚 yòu zhì young / childish / puerile syn 小伙 xiǎo huǒ young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 身亡 shēn wáng to die syn 灭绝 滅絕 miè jué to become extinct / to die out / to lose (sth abstract) completely / to exterminate syn 灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed / to become extinct / to perish / to die out / to destroy / to exterminate syn 冻死 凍死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death / to die off in winter 没命 沒命 méi mìng to lose one's life / to die / recklessly / desperately syn 丧生 喪生 sàng shēng to die / to lose one's life syn 气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate / to be furious / to die from an excess of anger 分娩 fēn miǎn to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young syn 逝去 shì qù to elapse / to pass away / to die / demise 平息 píng xī (of wind etc) to subside / to die down / to quell / to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc) syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 造就 zào jiù to bring up / to train / to contribute to / achievements (usually of young people) syn 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn 呜呼 嗚呼 wū hū alas / alack / welladay / wellaway / to die syn 无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn 阵亡 陣亡 zhèn wáng to die in battle syn 熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 年幼 nián yòu young / underage syn 阿飞 阿飛 ā fēi hoodlum / hooligan / young rowdy syn 殉职 殉職 xùn zhí to die in the line of duty syn 幼童 yòu tóng young child syn 消亡 xiāo wáng to die out / to wither away syn 孩提 hái tí (literary) infant / young child syn 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn 同归于尽 同歸於盡 tóng guī yú jìn to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes / to take sb down with oneself / to end in mutual destruction 模子 mú zi mold / matrix / pattern or die syn 升天 shēng tiān lit. to ascend to heaven / to die syn 年少 nián shào young / junior syn 逝世 shì shì to pass away / to die syn 惨死 慘死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically / to meet with a violent death 香椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable syn 断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn 粉身碎骨 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life syn 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó lit. you die, I live (idiom) / irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist syn 死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death 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 少年犯 shào nián fàn young criminal / juvenile delinquent 幼小 yòu xiǎo young / immature syn 献殷勤 獻殷勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself syn 成仁 chéng rén to die for a good cause syn 跌跌撞撞 diē die zhuàng zhuàng to stagger along syn 失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct syn 幼苗 yòu miáo young sprout / bud / sapling / seedling syn 归西 歸西 guī xī to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise) syn 模具 mú jù mold / matrix / pattern or die / Taiwan pr. [mo2 ju4] syn 