Woman can hold up half the sky; fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
妇女运动婦女運動fu4 nv3 yun4 dong4
women's movement; feminism
妇女主任婦女主任fu4 nv3 zhu3 ren4
director of the local committee of the Women's Federation
干女儿乾女兒gan1 nv3 er2
adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
歌女歌女ge1 nv3
female singer (archaic)
宫女宮女gong1 nv3
palace maid
狗男女狗男女gou3 nan2 nv3
a couple engaged in an illicit love affair; a cheating couple
孤男寡女孤男寡女gu1 nan2 gua3 nv3
a single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
闺女閨女gui1 nv3
maiden; unmarried woman; daughter
国际妇女节國際婦女節guo2 ji4 fu4 nv3 jie2
International Women's Day (March 8)
好男不跟女斗好男不跟女鬥hao3 nan2 bu4 gen1 nv3 dou4
a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
红男绿女紅男綠女hong2 nan2 lv4 nv3
young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
狐女狐女hu2 nv3
fox lady; in folk stories, a beautiful girl who will seduce you then reveal herself as a ghost
还乡女還鄉女huan2 xiang1 nv3
(Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families
浣女浣女huan4 nv3
washerwoman
黄花闺女黃花閨女huang2 hua1 gui1 nv3
maiden; virgin
黄花女黃花女huang2 hua1 nv3
maiden; virgin
黄花女儿黃花女兒huang2 hua1 nv3 er2
see 黃花閨女|黄花闺女
黄花幼女黃花幼女huang2 hua1 you4 nv3
maiden; virgin
继女繼女ji4 nv3
stepdaughter
妓女妓女ji4 nv3
prostitute; hooker
寄女寄女ji4 nv3
foster daughter
继子女繼子女ji4 zi3 nv3
stepchildren; adopted children
嫁女嫁女jia4 nv3
to marry off a daughter
金童玉女金童玉女jin1 tong2 yu4 nv3
lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom); attendants of the Daoist immortals; fig. lovely young children; a golden couple; (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple
九天玄女九天玄女jiu3 tian1 xuan2 nv3
Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology
酒托女酒托女jiu3 tuo1 nv3
woman hired to lure men to high-priced bars
孔雀女孔雀女kong3 que4 nv3
(Internet slang) spoiled city girl from a rich family
扣女扣女kou4 nv3
(slang) to pick up girls; to chase after girls
郎才女貌郎才女貌lang2 cai2 nv3 mao4
talented man and beautiful woman; ideal couple
浪女浪女lang4 nv3
loose woman
老处女老處女lao3 chu3 nv3
unmarried old woman; spinster
良家女子良家女子liang2 jia1 nv3 zi3
woman from a respectable family; respectable woman
靓女靚女liang4 nv3
(dialect) pretty girl
烈女烈女lie4 nv3
a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death
乱搞男女关系亂搞男女關係luan4 gao3 nan2 nv3 guan1 xi4
to be promiscuous; to sleep around
绿女红男綠女紅男lv4 nv3 hong2 nan2
young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
曼荷莲女子学院曼荷蓮女子學院man4 he2 lian2 nv3 zi3 xue2 yuan4
Mount Holyoke College (Northamptom, Massachusetts)
美女美女mei3 nv3
beautiful woman
美容女美容女mei3 rong2 nv3
hairdresser (female); beautician
孟姜女孟姜女meng4 jiang1 nv3
heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body
民女民女min2 nv3
woman from an ordinary family
魔女魔女mo2 nv3
witch; sorceress; enchantress
母女母女mu3 nv3
mother-daughter
男扮女装男扮女裝nan2 ban4 nv3 zhuang1
(of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom)
男才女貌男才女貌nan2 cai2 nv3 mao4
talented man and beautiful woman; ideal couple
男欢女爱男歡女愛nan2 huan1 nv3 ai4
passionate love (idiom)
男婚女嫁男婚女嫁nan2 hun1 nv3 jia4
to celebrate a wedding
男女男女nan2 nv3
male-female; male and female
男女关系男女關係nan2 nv3 guan1 xi4
man-woman connection; intimate relationship
男女合校男女合校nan2 nv3 he2 xiao4
see 男女同校
男女老少男女老少nan2 nv3 lao3 shao4
men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
男女老幼男女老幼nan2 nv3 lao3 you4
men, women, young and old; everybody
男女平等男女平等nan2 nv3 ping2 deng3
equality of the sexes
男女授受不亲男女授受不親nan2 nv3 shou4 shou4 bu4 qin1
men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
小女小女xiao3 nv3
my daughter (humble)
小女人小女人xiao3 nv3 ren2
dainty and delicate girl; concubine
心动女心動女xin1 dong4 nv3
(coll.) the girl of your dreams
修女修女xiu1 nv3
nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
烟花女煙花女yan1 hua1 nv3
prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
养女養女yang3 nv3
adopted daughter
妖女妖女yao1 nv3
beautiful woman
姨甥男女姨甥男女yi2 sheng5 nan2 nv3
wife's sister's children
义女義女yi4 nv3
adopted daughter
应召女郎應召女郎ying4 zhao4 nv3 lang2
call girl
犹女猶女you2 nv3
niece (old)
幼女幼女you4 nv3
young girl
玉女玉女yu4 nv3
beautiful woman; fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals; (polite) sb else's daughter; Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM
欲女欲女yu4 nv3
sex-crazed woman
怨女怨女yuan4 nv3
senior palace maiden; unmarried woman
月亮女神号月亮女神號yue4 liang5 nv3 shen2 hao4
SELENE, Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft, launched in 2007
月女神月女神yue4 nv3 shen2
Moon Goddess
曾孙女曾孫女zeng1 sun1 nv3
great-granddaughter
宅女宅女zhai2 nv3
female geek; female nerd; otaku girl
长女長女zhang3 nv3
eldest daughter
贞女貞女zhen1 nv3
female virgin; widow who does not remarry
织女織女zhi1 nv3
Vega (star); Weaving girl of folk tales
织女星織女星zhi1 nv3 xing1
Vega, brightest star in constellation Lyra 天琴星座; Weaving girl of folk tale Cowherd and weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女