期 qī a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2] syn 期间 期間 qī jiān period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn 调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities syn 女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn 试用期 試用期 shì yòng qī trial period / probationary period 产妇 產婦 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth syn 盛世 shèng shì a flourishing period / period of prosperity / a golden age 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 巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) syn 保修期 bǎo xiū qī guarantee period / warranty period 女杰 女傑 nǚ jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected syn 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 环比 環比 huán bǐ (statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context) 战国时代 戰國時代 zhàn guó shí dài the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century) 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") 娉婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman syn 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) 宽限期 寬限期 kuān xiàn qī grace period / period of grace 产褥期 產褥期 chǎn rù qī postnatal period / puerperium (period of six weeks after childbirth) 婧 jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented 时候 時候 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period syn 时 時 shí o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period syn 下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn 女 nǚ female / woman / daughter syn 之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between / among / amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) 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 时刻 時刻 shí kè time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always syn 女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn 时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 时代 時代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 美女 měi nǚ beautiful woman syn 代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn 阶段 階段 jiē duàn stage / section / phase / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 时期 時期 shí qī period / phase / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn 生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn 东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) 一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst / a fit / a peal / a spell (period of time) syn 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 季节 季節 jì jié time / season / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 粉色 fěn sè pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up) syn 片刻 piàn kè short period of time / a moment syn 早期 zǎo qī early period / early phase / early stage syn 年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest 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 候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days 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 工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort 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 时分 時分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 syn 婆娘 pó niáng woman (derog.) syn 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 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 定期 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term 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 后天 後天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori 周期 週期 zhōu qī period / cycle 时日 時日 shí rì time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 初期 chū qī initial stage / beginning period 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}) 游说 遊說 yóu shuì to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period) syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 句号 句號 jù hào full stop / period (punct.) 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 后期 後期 hòu qī late stage / later period syn 女工 nǚ gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 任期 rèn qī term of office / CL:屆|届[jie4] / tenure (entire period in office) 晚期 wǎn qī later period / end stage / terminal syn 中期 zhōng qī middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc) syn 曙光 shǔ guāng the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period / a new beginning syn 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 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 上岸 shàng àn to go ashore / to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) 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 