绿茶 綠茶 lǜ chá green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative / a girl who has these qualities 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 恐龙 恐龍 kǒng lóng dinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]) / (old) (slang) ugly person 青蛙 qīng wā frog (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (old) (slang) ugly guy syn 矮丑穷 矮醜窮 ǎi chǒu qióng (Internet slang) (of a man) unmarriageable (lit. short, ugly and poor) / opposite: 高富帥|高富帅[gao1 fu4 shuai4] 猪精 豬精 zhū jīng pork bouillon powder / (neologism) (slang) a person who, like a pig, is fat and ugly and given to histrionics 吃藕 chī ǒu (slang) unattractive / ugly (derived from near homophone 醜|丑[chou3]) 丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl / servant girl / (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) syn 婢女 bì nǚ slave girl / servant girl syn 赛车女郎 賽車女郎 sài chē nǚ láng pit babe / paddock girl / grid girl 女大十八变 女大十八變 nǚ dà shí bā biàn lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was 把妹 bǎ mèi to pick up a girl / to get a girl 世界女童子军协会 世界女童子軍協會 World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts 世界女童子军协会世界会议 世界女童子軍協會世界會議 World Conference of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts 把马子 把馬子 bǎ mǎ zǐ to pick up a girl / to get a girl 丫头片子 丫頭片子 yā tou piàn zi (coll.) silly girl / little girl 柴禾妞 chái hé niū (dialect) country girl / unsophisticated girl 小鬟 xiǎo huán (historical) chignon worn by a young girl / slave girl (prepubescent household courtesan wearing a distinctive paired chignon hairstyle) 把马子 把馬子 bǎ mǎ zi to pick up a girl / to get a girl 乖乖女 guāi guāi nǚ well-behaved girl / good girl 发卡 發卡 fā kǎ to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck syn 马子 馬子 mǎ zi bandit / brigand / gambling chip / chamber pot / (slang) girl / chick / babe syn 马子 馬子 mǎ zǐ (slang) girl / chick / babe 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 备胎 備胎 bèi tāi spare tire / (slang) fallback guy (or girl) 港女 gǎng nǚ girl wth undesirable personality traits such as materialism and self-centeredness, supposedly stereotypical of Hong Kong girls (slang) 孔雀女 kǒng què nǚ (Internet slang) spoiled city girl from a rich family 小姐姐 xiǎo jiě jie little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older) 难看 難看 nán kàn ugly / unsightly syn 丑陋 醜陋 chǒu lòu ugly syn 恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn 丑恶 醜惡 chǒu è ugly / repulsive syn 丑八怪 醜八怪 chǒu bā guài ugly person syn 寒碜 寒磣 hán chen ugly / shameful / to ridicule syn 恶 惡 è evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm syn 丑 醜 chǒu shameful / ugly / disgraceful syn 陋 lòu low / humble / plain / ugly / mean / vulgar syn 媸 chī ugly woman 嫫 mó ugly woman 娸 qí to ridicule / ugly 噅 huī to speak falsely or wrongly / ugly 奇丑 奇醜 qí chǒu grotesque / extremely ugly / hideous 奇丑无比 奇醜無比 qí chǒu wú bǐ extremely ugly / incomparably hideous 形丑心善 形醜心善 xíng chǒu xīn shàn an ugly face may hide a virtuous heart (idiom) 濯锦以鱼 濯錦以魚 zhuó jǐn yǐ yú to make the ugly beautiful (idiom) 丑小鸭 醜小鴨 chǒu xiǎo yā ugly duckling 丑相 醜相 chǒu xiàng ugly expression / unsightly manners 丑话 醜話 chǒu huà ugly talk / vulgarity / obscenity 媁 wěi ugly / to indulge oneself 歪瓜劣枣 歪瓜劣棗 wāi guā liè zǎo ugly / repulsive / also written 歪瓜裂棗|歪瓜裂枣[wai1 gua1 lie4 zao3] 歪瓜裂枣 歪瓜裂棗 wāi guā liè zǎo ugly / repulsive 魌 qī mask of a god used in ceremonies to exorcise demons and drive away pestilence / (archaic) ugly 儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫 兒不嫌母醜,狗不嫌家貧 ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb) 丑妻近地家中宝 醜妻近地家中寶 chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom) 𠯠 噅 huī to speak falsely or wrongly / ugly 丑人多作怪 醜人多作怪 chǒu rén duō zuò guài ugly people will do all kinds of weird things to get attention (idiom) 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆 醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆 chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom) / fig. it's not something you can avoid forever 獐头鼠目 獐頭鼠目 zhāng tóu shǔ mù lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom) / fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking syn 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 闹大 鬧大 nào dà (of a person) to make a big fuss about (sth) / to make a big deal of / (of an adverse situation) to get ugly / to blow up / to escalate 动L 動L dòng L flowing / flexible / lively (internet slang) / flowing / flexible / lively (Internet slang) 小白 xiǎo bái (slang) novice / greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool / idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3], pretty boy 尬舞 gà wǔ (slang) to battle each other in street dancing (derived from Taiwanese 較, which sounds similar to Mandarin 尬[ga4]) / (slang) to perform weird dance moves 下头 下頭 xià tóu (slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting / (slang) to feel put off syn 拆家 chāi jiā (slang) low-level drug dealer / (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, chewing on furniture etc) 捡漏 撿漏 jiǎn lòu to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault / to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity 树洞 樹洞 shù dòng tree hollow / (slang) anonymous platform for sharing secrets / (slang) confidant 女孩 nǚ hái girl / lass 女生 nǚ shēng schoolgirl / female student / girl 少女 shào nǚ girl / young lady syn 温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender / sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) syn 姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl syn 出台 出臺 chū tái to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client syn 那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams 女郎 nǚ láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] 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 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) 辣妹 là mèi hot chick / sexy girl / abbr. LM 小妹妹 xiǎo mèi mei little sister / little girl / (coll.) vulva 秋水 qiū shuǐ limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) syn 靓女 靚女 liàng nǚ (dialect) pretty girl syn 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn 校花 xiào huā the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiao4 cao3]) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen 才女 cái nǚ talented girl syn 妖娆 妖嬈 yāo ráo enchanting / alluring (of a girl) syn 女童 nǚ tóng small girl syn 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 讨人 討人 tǎo rén (old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute 丫鬟 yā huan servant girl / maid syn 小公主 xiǎo gōng zhǔ lit. little princess / fig. spoiled girl / female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4] 妞妞 niū niu little girl 幼女 yòu nǚ young girl syn 丫环 丫環 yā huan servant girl / maid 妙龄 妙齡 miào líng (of a girl) in the prime of youth syn 靓妹 靚妹 liàng mèi pretty girl 娇嗔 嬌嗔 jiāo chēn (of a girl) to feign anger coquettishly