Usage of the character 女

nüshu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group 瑤族／瑶族 ( Yáozú) dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣／江永县 ( Jiāngyǒngxiàn) in southern Hunan

shénnü

神女

[神女]

goddess
prostitute (slang)

chǔnü

处女

[處女]

virgin; maiden
maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work)

nüwèi

女卫

[女衛]

women's bathroom (abbr. for 女衛生間／女卫生间)

sūnnü

孙女

[孫女]

son's daughter
granddaughter

nüzhuāng

女装

[女裝]

women's clothes

cáinü

才女

[才女]

talented girl

nühuáng

女皇

[女皇]

empress

xiūnü

修女

[修女]

nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)

nüyǒu

女友

[女友]

girlfriend

yóunü

犹女

[猶女]

niece (old)

nüdān

女单

[女單]

women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)

zhǎngnü

长女

[長女]

eldest daughter

zǐnü

子女

[子女]

children; sons and daughters

nüzhēn

女贞

[女貞]

privet (genus Ligustrum)

shínü

实女

[實女]

female suffering absence or atresia of vagina (as birth defect)

cìnü

次女

[次女]

second daughter

nüshén

女神

[女神]

goddess
nymph

mǔnü

母女

[母女]

mother and daughter
mother-daughter

jìnü

继女

[繼女]

stepdaughter
CL:個／个 (gè),名 (míng)

Nüzhēn

女真

[女真]

Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金／后金 ( Hòu Jīn) and Qing Dynasty

nüjuàn

女眷

[女眷]

the females in a family
womenfolk

nügōng

女功

[女功]

variant of 女紅／女红 (nügōng)

nüzǐ

女子

[女子]

woman
female

nüde

女的

[女的]

woman

nüjǐng

女警

[女警]

policewoman

nüliú

女流

[女流]

(derog.) woman

shàonü

少女

[少女]

girl
young lady

érnü

儿女

[兒女]

children; sons and daughters
a young man and a young woman (in love)

nüwá

女娃

[女娃]

(dialect) girl

liàngnü

靓女

[靚女]

(dialect) pretty girl

nüren

女人

[女人]

wife

nüjiàng

女将

[女將]

female general
(fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise

nüxiào

女校

[女校]

all-girls school

nügōng

女工

[女工]

working woman
variant of 女紅／女红 (nügōng)

guīnü

闺女

[閨女]

maiden; unmarried woman
(coll.) daughter

nüfāng

女方

[女方]

the bride's side (of a wedding)
of the bride's party

mínnü

民女

[民女]

woman from an ordinary family

chànü

姹女

[奼女]

beautiful girl
mercury

xiǎonü

小女

[小女]

my daughter (humble)

bānü

吧女

[吧女]

barmaid

shāngnü

商女

[商女]

female singer (archaic)

nánnü

男女

[男女]

male-female
male and female

yìnü

义女

[義女]

adopted daughter

xiānnü

仙女

[仙女]

fairy

nüguǎnjiā

女管家

[女管家]

housekeeper

nürénjia

女人家

[女人家]

women (in general)

Shìnüzuò

室女座

[室女座]

Virgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

bātuōnü

吧托女

[吧托女]

scam girl
woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧 (jiǔbā)

nütǐchéng

女体盛

[女體盛]

nyotaimori or "body sushi", Japanese practice of serving sushi on the body of a naked woman

gānnü'ér

干女儿

[乾女兒]

adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

chóngsūnnü

重孙女

[重孫女]

great-granddaughter

xīndòngnü

心动女

[心動女]

(coll.) the girl of your dreams

zhínüxu

侄女婿

[姪女婿]

brother's daughter's husband
niece's husband

nüxìnghuà

女性化

[女性化]

to feminize
feminization

nügāoyīn

女高音

[女高音]

soprano

nüshàngwèi

女上位

[女上位]

woman-on-top sex position

sūnnüxu

孙女婿

[孫女婿]

son's daughter's husband
granddaughter's husband

shèngnüguǒ

圣女果

[聖女果]

cherry tomato

Mèngjiāngnü

孟姜女

[孟姜女]

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

sūnnür

孙女儿

[孫女兒]

granddaughter (son's daughter)

qiánnüyǒu

前女友

[前女友]

ex-girlfriend

nü'érhóng

女儿红

[女兒紅]

kind of Chinese wine

Shàonü Fēng

少女峰

[少女峰]

Jungfrau, peak in Switzerland

jiǔtuōnü

酒托女

[酒托女]

woman hired to lure men to high-priced bars

Nüzhēnyǔ

女真语

[女真語]

Jurchen language

gǒunánnü

狗男女

[狗男女]

a couple engaged in an illicit love affair
a cheating couple

Nühuángdì

女皇帝

[女皇帝]

empress
refers to Tang empress Wuzetian 武則天／武则天 (624-705), reigned 690-705

yānhuānü

烟花女

[煙花女]

prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)

nütóngbāo

女同胞

[女同胞]

woman
female
female compatriot

yúgānnü

鱼干女

[魚乾女]

see 乾物女／干物女 (gānwùnü)

xiǎoxiānnü

小仙女

[小仙女]

girl fairy
beautiful girl or young woman
(neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman

nüjǐngyuán

女警员

[女警員]

a policewoman

zhànjiēnü

站街女

[站街女]

streetwalker

nüpéngyou

女朋友

[女朋友]

girlfriend

chǔnüháng

处女航

[處女航]

maiden voyage

zhísūnnü

侄孙女

[姪孫女]

grand niece

Báimáonü

白毛女

[白毛女]

The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films

nübīnxiàng

女傧相

[女儐相]

bridesmaid

nüshèjiān

女舍监

[女舍監]

matron

biǎozhínü

表侄女

[表姪女]

daughter of a male cousin via female line

nügōngjué

女公爵

[女公爵]

duchess

měiróngnü

美容女

[美容女]

hairdresser (female)
beautician

nüwǔshén

女武神

[女武神]

valkyrie

Nüwāshì

女娲氏

[女媧氏]

Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)

yuènüshén

月女神

[月女神]

Moon Goddess

nürénqì

女人气

[女人氣]

womanly temperament
femininity
effeminate (of male)
cowardly
sissy

péichàngnü

陪唱女

[陪唱女]

KTV hostess

wàisūnnü

外孙女

[外孫女]

daughter's daughter
granddaughter

nüfángdōng

女房东

[女房東]

landlady

gānwùnü

干物女

[乾物女]

single girl who lives a lackadaisical life, uninterested in relationships (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 干物女 "himono onna")

nüzhǔrén

女主人

[女主人]

hostess
mistress

xiānnübàng

仙女棒

[仙女棒]

sparkler (hand-held firework)

xiǎonürén

小女人

[小女人]

dainty and delicate girl
concubine

shūnüchē

淑女车

[淑女車]

ladies bicycle

nüháizi

女孩子

[女孩子]

girl

nü'érqiáng

女儿墙

[女兒牆]

crenelated parapet wall

nühànzi

女汉子

[女漢子]

masculine woman

Zhīnüxīng

织女星

[織女星]

Vega, brightest star in constellation Lyra 天琴星座

jìzǐnü

继子女

[繼子女]

stepchildren
adopted children

kǒngquènü

孔雀女

[孔雀女]

(Internet slang) spoiled city girl from a rich family

chǔnümó

处女膜

[處女膜]

hymen

wàishengnü

外甥女

[外甥女]

sister's daughter
wife's sibling's daughter

guāiguāinü

乖乖女

[乖乖女]

well-behaved girl; good girl

yànnüzhèng

厌女症

[厭女症]

misogyny

jiāojiāonü

娇娇女

[嬌嬌女]

pampered girl from an affluent family

nüchènshān

女衬衫

[女襯衫]

blouse

bàijīnnü

拜金女

[拜金女]

materialistic woman
(slang) gold-digger

nügōngzǐ

女公子

[女公子]

noble lady
(honorific) your daughter

nüqiángrén

女强人

[女強人]

successful career woman
able woman

nüdiànyuán

女店员

[女店員]

salesgirl
female shop assistant

Chǔnüzuò

处女座

[處女座]

Virgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
popular variant of 室女座 ( Shìnüzuò)

Shénnü Fēng

神女峰

[神女峰]

name of a peak by the Three Gorges 長江三峽／长江三峡 ( Cháng Jiāng Sānxiá)

zēngsūnnü

曾孙女

[曾孫女]

great-granddaughter

Fùnüjié

妇女节

[婦女節]

International Women's Day (March 8)

huánghuānü

黄花女

[黃花女]

maiden
virgin

dúshēngnü

独生女

[獨生女]

a daughter who is an only child

lǎochǔnü

老处女

[老處女]

unmarried old woman
spinster

chǔnüzuò

处女作

[處女作]

first publication; maiden work

nüháir

女孩儿

[女孩兒]

erhua variant of 女孩 (nühái)

Xiānnüzuò

仙女座

[仙女座]

Andromeda (constellation)

nüshéngé

女神蛤

[女神蛤]

geoduck (Panopea abrupta)
elephant trunk clam
same as 象拔蚌 (xiàngbábàng)

huánxiāngnü

还乡女

[還鄉女]

(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

shàonánshàonü

少男少女

[少男少女]

boys and girls
teenagers

hóngnánlünü

红男绿女

[紅男綠女]

young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)

nánnütóngxiào

男女同校

[男女同校]

coeducation

nüchéngwùyuán

女乘务员

[女乘務員]

stewardess
female flight attendant

niúlángzhīnü

牛郎织女

[牛郎織女]

Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story)
separated lovers
Altair and Vega (stars)

nánhuānnü'ài

男欢女爱

[男歡女愛]

passionate love (idiom)

nüxìnggēlǐ

女性割礼

[女性割禮]

female genital mutilation

nüxìngbiǎnyì

女性贬抑

[女性貶抑]

misogyny

tuō'érdàinü

拖儿带女

[拖兒帶女]

supporting a wife and children
dragged down by having a family to feed

náncáinümào

男才女貌

[男才女貌]

talented man and beautiful woman
ideal couple

yíshengnánnü

姨甥男女

[姨甥男女]

wife's sister's children

qīnshēngzǐnü

亲生子女

[親生子女]

natural child

nüxiūdàoyuàn

女修道院

[女修道院]

convent

sìdàměinü

四大美女

[四大美女]

the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施 ( Xīshī), Wang Zhaojun 王昭君 ( Wáng Zhāojūn), Diaochan 貂蟬／貂蝉 ( Diāo Chán) and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環／杨玉环 ( Yáng Yùhuán)

qīnánbànü

欺男霸女

[欺男霸女]