Every word taught across 6X Academy's Chinese courses, plus the full open CC-CEDICT dictionary as a fallback,
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nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
儿女
ér nǚ
children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love)
儿女双全
ér nǚ shuāng quán
to have both a son and a daughter
儿女英雄传
ér nǚ yīng xióng zhuàn
The Gallant Maid, novel by Manchu-born Qing dynasty writer 文康[Wen2 Kang1]
养女
yǎng nǚ
adopted daughter
前女友
qián nǚ yǒu
ex-girlfriend
剩女
shèng nǚ
(coll.) "leftover woman" – a woman who remains single beyond the typical marrying age
卖淫女
mài yín nǚ
prostitute; hooker
厌女
yàn nǚ
misogyny; ideological or cultural hostility toward women
厌女症
yàn nǚ zhèng
misogyny (rhetorical term framing misogyny as a social or ideological pathology)
吧女
bā nǚ
barmaid
吧托女
bā tuō nǚ
scam girl; woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧[jiu3 ba1]
商女
shāng nǚ
female singer (archaic)
善男信女
shàn nán xìn nǚ
lay practitioners of Buddhism
四大美女
sì dà měi nǚ
the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1], Wang Zhaojun 王昭君[Wang2 Zhao1 jun1], Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉[Diao1 Chan2] and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2]
国际妇女节
guó jì fù nǚ jié
International Women's Day (March 8)
圣女果
shèng nǚ guǒ
cherry tomato
圣女贞德
shèng nǚ zhēn dé
Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English
士为知己者死，女为悦己者容
shì wèi zhī jǐ zhě sǐ , nǚ wèi yuè jǐ zhě róng
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
处女
chǔ nǚ
virgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work)
处女作
chǔ nǚ zuò
first publication; maiden work
处女座
chǔ nǚ zuò
Virgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac); popular variant of 室女座[Shi4 nu:3 zuo4]
处女膜
chǔ nǚ mó
hymen
处女航
chǔ nǚ háng
maiden voyage
外孙女
wài sūn nǚ
daughter's daughter; granddaughter
外孙女儿
wài sūn nǚ r
granddaughter (one's daughter's daughter)
外甥女
wài sheng nǚ
sister's daughter; wife's sibling's daughter
外甥女婿
wài sheng nǚ xu
sister's daughter's husband
女
nǚ
woman
From: Chinese Characters Made Easy: Radicals & Memory Tricks
女上位
nǚ shàng wèi
woman-on-top sex position
女主
nǚ zhǔ
female lead; female protagonist
女主人
nǚ zhǔ rén
hostess; mistress
女主人公
nǚ zhǔ rén gōng
heroine (of a novel or film); main female protagonist
女主角
nǚ zhǔ jué
female lead; female protagonist
女乘务员
nǚ chéng wù yuán
stewardess; female flight attendant
女书
nǚ shū
nüshu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group 瑤族|瑶族[Yao2 zu2] dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣|江永县[Jiang1 yong3 xian4] in southern Hunan
