姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 怪兽 怪獸 guài shòu rare animal / mythical animal / monster 青年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young syn 喂养 餵養 wèi yǎng to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal) syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 青年人 qīng nián rén young person / the young syn 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn 豢养 豢養 huàn yǎng to keep (an animal) / to look after the needs of (a person or an animal) / (fig.) to keep (a spy, lackey etc) in one's pay syn 打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker / employee / young male worker 少壮派 少壯派 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 引种 引種 yǐn zhǒng (agriculture, animal husbandry) to introduce a new variety of plant or animal 小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman 恶少 惡少 è shào young thug / malicious young ruffian syn 少东 少東 shào dōng boss's son / young master / young boss 扶老携幼 扶老攜幼 fú lǎo xié yòu taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young syn 畜 chù livestock / domesticated animal / domestic animal syn 牲 shēng domestic animal / sacrificial animal syn 畜力 chù lì animal power / animal-drawn (plow etc) 使役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) syn 它 tā it (pronoun for an animal) syn 小 xiǎo small / tiny / few / young syn 家伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon syn 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 少 shào young syn 年轻 年輕 nián qīng young syn 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 动物 動物 dòng wù animal / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4] syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people / youngster syn 男生 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male) 女郎 nǚ láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 玩偶 wán ǒu toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything syn 野兽 野獸 yě shòu beast / wild animal syn 少女 shào nǚ girl / young lady syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 少年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man syn 从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood / from a young age syn 畜生 chù sheng domestic animal / brute / bastard syn 小鸟 小鳥 xiǎo niǎo small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie syn 幼稚 yòu zhì young / childish / puerile syn 解剖 jiě pōu to dissect (an animal) / to analyze / anatomy 小伙 xiǎo huǒ young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 爪子 zhuǎ zi (animal's) claw syn 分娩 fēn miǎn to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young syn 残疾 殘疾 cán jí disabled / handicapped / deformity on a person or animal 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 造就 zào jiù to bring up / to train / to contribute to / achievements (usually of young people) syn 大脚 大腳 dà jiǎo naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal) 满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn 热血 熱血 rè xuè hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology) syn 放走 fàng zǒu to release / to set free / to allow (a person or an animal) to go / to liberate syn 牲畜 shēng chù farm animal / livestock syn 年幼 nián yòu young / underage syn 阿飞 阿飛 ā fēi hoodlum / hooligan / young rowdy syn 幼童 yòu tóng young child syn 猛兽 猛獸 měng shòu ferocious beast / fierce animal syn 孩提 hái tí (literary) infant / young child syn 年少 nián shào young / junior syn 香椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable syn 捕杀 捕殺 bǔ shā to hunt and kill (an animal or fish) 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) 口吻 kǒu wěn tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face syn 红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks syn 芳心 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman 诱捕 誘捕 yòu bǔ to trap (an animal) / to lure (a suspect) into a trap 少年犯 shào nián fàn young criminal / juvenile delinquent 家畜 jiā chù domestic animal / livestock / cattle syn 幼小 yòu xiǎo young / immature syn 献殷勤 獻殷勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself syn 幼苗 yòu miáo young sprout / bud / sapling / seedling syn 幼儿 幼兒 yòu ér young child / infant / preschooler syn 启蒙 啟蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty syn 夭折 yāo zhé to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely syn 吆喝 yāo he to shout / to bawl / to yell (to urge on an animal) / to hawk (one's wares) / to denounce loudly / to shout slogans syn 小青年 xiǎo qīng nián young person / youngster syn 小两口 小兩口 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple syn 少妇 少婦 shào fù young married woman syn 宰杀 宰殺 zǎi shā to slaughter (an animal for meat) / to butcher syn 冷血动物 冷血動物 lěng xuè dòng wù cold-blooded animal / fig. cold-hearted person syn 血气方刚 血氣方剛 xuè qì fāng gāng full of sap (idiom) / young and vigorous syn 劳役 勞役 láo yì forced labor / corvée (labor required of a serf) / animal labor syn 辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 初出茅庐 初出茅廬 chū chū máo lú venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn syn 雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn 老少 lǎo shào the old and the young syn 稚嫩 zhì nèn young and tender / puerile / soft and immature syn 幼女 yòu nǚ young girl syn 动物界 動物界 dòng wù jiè animal kingdom 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 龙骨 龍骨 lóng gǔ "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship) syn 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 百兽 百獸 bǎi shòu all creatures / every kind of animal syn 牵头 牽頭 qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker) syn 师弟 師弟 shī dì young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate 水生 shuǐ shēng aquatic (plant, animal) 