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 月嫂 yuè sǎo woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth 调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities syn 巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) syn 女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn 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 女杰 女傑 nǚ jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected syn 婧 jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented 剩女 shèng nǚ "leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single) 女生外向 nǚ shēng wài xiàng a woman is born to leave her family (idiom) / a woman's heart is with her husband 正妹 zhèng mèi (Tw) beautiful woman / sexy woman 良家女子 liáng jiā nǚ zǐ woman from a respectable family / respectable woman 孤男寡女 gū nán guǎ nǚ a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting) 异女 異女 yì nǚ (Tw) heterosexual woman / straight woman 计生 計生 jì shēng planned childbirth / birth control / family planning / abbr. for 計劃生育|计划生育 催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence syn 月子 yuè zi traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth / puerperium 预产期 預產期 yù chǎn qī expected date of childbirth / estimated due date (EDD) 临产 臨產 lín chǎn to face childbirth / about to give birth / refers esp. to the onset of regular contractions syn 坐月子 zuò yuè zi to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind" syn 引产 引產 yǐn chǎn to induce labor (childbirth) 临盆 臨盆 lín pén at childbirth / in labor syn 顺产 順產 shùn chǎn to give birth without complications / easy childbirth / safe delivery / natural birth (without surgical operation) 晚育 wǎn yù late childbirth / to have a child at a later age 宫缩 宮縮 gōng suō contraction of the uterus (during childbirth) 孕产 孕產 yùn chǎn pregnancy and childbirth / obstetrics and gynecology 产褥期 產褥期 chǎn rù qī postnatal period / puerperium (period of six weeks after childbirth) 催产 催產 cuī chǎn to induce labor / to expedite childbirth syn 产程 產程 chǎn chéng the process of childbirth 临月儿 臨月兒 lín yuè r the month childbirth is due 临蓐 臨蓐 lín rù at childbirth / in labor 诱导分娩 誘導分娩 yòu dǎo fēn miǎn to induce labor (i.e. childbirth) / labor induction 关于雇用产前和产后妇女的公约 關於雇用產前和產後婦女的公約 Convention concerning the Employment of Women before and after Childbirth 分娩损伤 分娩損傷 childbirth injury 妊娠和生育综合管理 妊娠和生育綜合管理 Integrated Management of Pregnancy and Childbirth 陪产 陪產 péi chǎn to be present during childbirth 出月子 chū yuè zi to complete the month of confinement following childbirth / cf 坐月子[zuo4 yue4 zi5] 血晕 血暈 xuè yūn fainting for loss of blood (esp. after childbirth) 落草 luò cǎo to take to the woods to become an outlaw / (dialect) to be born (Etymology: in former times, a bed of straw or grass was used as padding during childbirth) syn 女人 nǚ rén woman syn 美女 měi nǚ beautiful woman syn 女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn 人家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] syn 女子 nǚ zǐ woman / female syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender / sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) syn 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 妇女 婦女 fù nǚ woman 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 美人 měi rén beautiful woman / belle syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 女郎 nǚ láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 身形 shēn xíng figure (esp. a woman's) 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 老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn 少妇 少婦 shào fù young married woman syn 孕妇 孕婦 yùn fù pregnant woman syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) 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 红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks syn 佳人 jiā rén beautiful woman syn 淑女 shū nǚ wise and virtuous woman / lady syn 妖精 yāo jing evil spirit / alluring woman syn 绝色 絕色 jué sè (of a woman) remarkably beautiful / stunning syn 妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman 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 粉色 fěn sè pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up) syn 青衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] syn 芳心 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess 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 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman 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 玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn 苗条 苗條 miáo tiao (of a woman) slim / slender / graceful syn 女工 nǚ gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 露点 露點 lù diǎn dew point / (coll.) (of a woman) to expose one of the three areas (nipples and genitals) 标致 標致 biāo zhi (of a woman) beautiful / pretty 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 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 艳遇 豔遇 yàn yù encounter with a beautiful woman / romance / affair 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 老太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) syn 强人 強人 qiáng rén (politics) strongman / (in the workplace, esp. of a woman) a highly capable person / (old) robber syn 身段 shēn duàn a woman's physique / figure / posture on stage syn 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) 尤物 yóu wù rarity / rare object / rare person / extraordinarily beautiful woman syn 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married / to take a husband syn 美色 měi sè charm / loveliness (of a woman) syn 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 野花 yě huā wildflower / woman of easy virtue 娇媚 嬌媚 jiāo mèi flirtatious / coquettish / sweet and charming / beautiful young woman (old) syn 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 