杰出妇女奖 傑出婦女獎 jié chū fù rǔ jiǎng Woman of Distinction Award 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 分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn 区别 區別 qū bié difference / to distinguish / to discriminate / to make a distinction / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 信誉 信譽 xìn yù prestige / distinction / reputation / trust syn 差别 差別 chā bié difference / distinction / disparity syn 不分 bù fēn not to distinguish / to make no distinction / (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role) 区分 區分 qū fēn to differentiate / to draw a distinction / to divide into categories syn 殊荣 殊榮 shū róng special glory / distinction / rare honor / one's laurels / it's a privilege (to meet you) syn 划清 劃清 huà qīng to make a clear distinction / to differentiate clearly 不分彼此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom) / to share everything / to be on very intimate terms syn 分异 分異 fēn yì distinction / differentiation 区分原则 區分原則 discrimination principle / principle of distinction / principle of discrimination 区别原则 區別原則 discrimination principle / principle of distinction / principle of discrimination 一线之间 一線之間 yī xiàn zhī jiān a hair's breadth apart / a fine line / a fine distinction 一线之隔 一線之隔 yī xiàn zhī gé a fine line / a fine distinction 药食同源 藥食同源 yào shí tóng yuán lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine 调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities syn 产妇 產婦 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth 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 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 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 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 风云人物 風雲人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure syn 清丽 清麗 qīng lì (of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful / elegant / charming / beautiful syn 小三 xiǎo sān mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school 姿色 zī sè good looks (of a woman) syn 娘家 niáng jia married woman's parents' home syn 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 冷艳 冷艷 lěng yàn (of a woman) beautiful but aloof syn 熟女 shú nǚ mature and sophisticated woman 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}) 