小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn 所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi what is meant by the expression ... / what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called 神经病 神經病 shén jīng bìng mental disorder / neuropathy / (derog.) mental case syn 前台 前臺 qián tái stage / proscenium / foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.) / front desk / reception desk / (computing) front-end / foreground 轮子 輪子 lún zi wheel / (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 乡巴佬 鄉巴佬 xiāng bā lǎo (derog.) villager / hick / bumpkin syn 风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 货色 貨色 huò sè goods / (derog.) stuff / trash syn 棒子 bàng zi stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean syn 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip 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 废料 廢料 fèi liào waste products / refuse / garbage / good-for-nothing (derog.) syn 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 厮混 廝混 sī hùn (derog.) to hang out (with sb) / to mix (things) together 锦上添花 錦上添花 jǐn shàng tiān huā lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom) / fig. to give sth additional splendor / to provide the crowning touch / (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off 野种 野種 yě zhǒng (derog.) illegitimate child / bastard 产妇 產婦 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth syn 御用 禦用 yù yòng for use by the emperor / imperial / (derog.) in the pay of the ruler 抛头露面 拋頭露面 pāo tóu lòu miàn to show your face in public (derog.) syn 显形 顯形 xiǎn xíng to show one's true nature (derog.) / to betray oneself syn 有过之而无不及 有過之而無不及 yǒu guò zhī ér wú bù jí not to be inferior in any aspects (idiom) / to surpass / to outdo / (derog.) to be even worse syn 戏子 戲子 xì zi (derog.) opera singer / actor syn 拉拉扯扯 lā lā chě chě to tug at / to pull at sb aggressively / to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way / (derog.) to hobnob / to consort 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 同党 同黨 tóng dǎng to belong to the same party or organization / member of the same party or organization / (derog.) confederate / accomplice syn 女流 nǚ liú (derog.) woman syn 巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) syn 权术 權術 quán shù art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery syn 拐子 guǎi zi crutch / (derog.) lame person / kidnapper syn 女杰 女傑 nǚ jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected syn 无独有偶 無獨有偶 wú dú yǒu ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.) / not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case syn 小日本 xiǎo rì běn (derog.) Japanese person / Jap 里人 lǐ rén person from the same village, town or province / peasant (derog.) / (of a school of thought etc) follower 小白脸 小白臉 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo 阿三 ā sān (derog.) an Indian 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") 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 娉婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman syn 心猿意马 心猿意馬 xīn yuán yì mǎ lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom) / fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable syn 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 美国佬 美國佬 měi guó lǎo an American (derog.) / a Yankee 秃驴 禿驢 tū lǘ (derog.) Buddhist monk 毛子 máo zi hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair 依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ to be one's old self (idiom) / to be unchanged / (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways syn 和事佬 hé shì lǎo peacemaker / mediator / (derog.) fixer 狗崽子 gǒu zǎi zi (coll.) puppy / (derog.) son of a bitch syn 老东西 老東西 lǎo dōng xi (derog.) old fool / old bastard 倭 wō dwarf / Japanese (derog.) (old) syn 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 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 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 