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we; us; ourselves; our
HSK 1
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
(coll.) (of women) to get one's period
women's volleyball / abbr. for 女子排球
women's league / women's association
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  *娅* | 娅* | *娅
(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters / (used to transliterate foreign names) / (used in Chinese women's names)
women and children
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  *淑* | 淑* | *淑
(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable / (used in given names) / Taiwan pr. [shu2]
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节, 8th March / foolish / stupid
women's clothes
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  *闺* | 闺* | *闺
small arched door / boudoir; lady's chamber / (fig.) women
to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
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  *巾* | 巾* | *巾
towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50
women's soccer; women's football / women's soccer team
small and weak; puny / the small and weak; children; women and children
women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)
(usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity
women's restroom; women's toilet
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  *妾* | 妾* | *妾
concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao
women's rights
women's basketball / women's basketball team
men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
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  *闱* | 闱* | *闱
door to women's room / gate to palace
women's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc)
Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers
court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women
wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression
to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style
source of calamity (esp. of women)
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  *帏* | 帏* | *帏
curtain / women's apartment / tent
cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban
pervert (esp. one who gropes women in public)
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  *BM* | BM* | *BM
Brandy Melville, fashion brand known for clothes targeted at very slim young women / (generic usage) fashions for petite young women
(of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
greedy for sex / given to lust for women
to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
men, women, young and old / everybody
women and children
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  *壸* | 壸* | *壸
palace corridor / fig. women's quarters / women
to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs
a feast for the eyes (idiom) / (of women) gorgeous / graceful / (of scenery) beautiful
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  *帼* | 帼* | *帼
cap worn by women / feminine
to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky
chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy
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  *軿* | 軿* | *軿
curtained carriage used by women / to gather together / to assemble
Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality , physical charm , propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework
female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers.
women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
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  *衵* | 衵* | *衵
women's undergarments
women's love / passion (felt by lady)
dangling ornament worn by women
International Women's Day (March 8)
Red Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964
Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles)
cutie / sweetie / (Tw) camisole (women's garment)
old-fashioned women's obeisance / Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4]
(coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time / second marriage / person who remarries
Yang Wei (1979-), PRC badminton player, women's doubles specialist
women's quarters
square dancing, an exercise routine performed to music in public squares, parks and plazas, popular esp. among middle-aged and retired women in China
(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle / full-term gestation
lady's demeanor / norms expected of women (in former times)
informal wear / home clothes (old) / women's underwear / lingerie
camisole (women's garment)
to make hanky-panky / to seduce women
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
(slang) negative, toxic competition between women (esp. in seeking the favor and approval of men)
"she-economy" reflecting women's economic contribution / euphemism for prostitution-based economy
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality , physical charm , propriety in speech and efficiency in needlework
men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
nüshu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group 瑤族|瑶族 dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣|江永县 in southern Hunan
women (in general)
Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
(of women) grieved appearance (idiom) / sorrowful mien
Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
widow's peak (in China, regarded as attractive in women)
(derog.) (slang) married woman (term used by some feminists to imply that by marrying, women make themselves subservient to the patriarchal order)
yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times)
three women makes a crowd
crown or tiara of a queen, empress or beauty pageant winner / first place in a women's competition
women's bathroom (abbr. for 女衛生間|女卫生间)
director of the local committee of the Women's Federation
women's movement / feminism
to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women / an incorrigible drunkard and lecher
follower of wine and women / dissolute person
three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
International Women's Day (March 8)
All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)
International Women's Day (March 8)
women's suffrage
to match up (employers and jobseekers, men and women seeking a partner, blind people and guide dogs etc)
lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side
Euripides (c. 480-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Medea, Trojan Women etc
female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers.
men go out to work and women stay at home (idiom)
women love bad guys
men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)
(men) sideburns / (women) lengths of hair that hang down over the temples

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