young woman; unmarried woman; girl; young lady

young girl; little girl, typically around ten years old

a colloquial term for a father's sister, especially a married sister; also written as [[姑姑|姑姑|gu1 gu5]] or [[姑母|姑母|gu1 mu3]]

(colloquial) father's sister; also used as a polite term of address for a woman of the father's generation

The protagonist of the European folk tale; refers to a girl who is treated poorly but eventually finds happiness and wealth through magical help and marriage to a prince.

a woman who has entered a Buddhist monastic order

for the moment; for the time being; indicates taking a certain action temporarily as a stopgap measure

An unmarried young woman or lass

to be over-lenient or excessively tolerant toward someone; to indulge or appease without principle

father's oldest sister; eldest paternal aunt

a girl or young woman from a village or rural area

father's father's sister; sister of one's paternal grandfather

husband of one's father's sister; paternal aunt's husband

A female celestial being or immortal

sister of one's paternal grandfather; one's father's paternal aunt

husband's younger sister; sister-in-law

Huanggu district of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province

(colloquial) Term of address or reference used by a wife's family for her husband.

a female Daoist priest or nun

an unmarried woman who is past the typical age for marriage; spinster

old name for Suzhou city and the former Wu County in Jiangsu Province

father's sister; paternal aunt; often used in writing

(colloquial) husband's younger sister

A Daoist immortal in Chinese mythology and folklore often associated with the elixir of life and longevity; she is frequently depicted as a protector of elderly women.

an unmarried young woman; a young lady

husband of one's father's sister; husband of a paternal aunt

a woman and her brother's wife; the collective relationship between a woman and her sister-in-law (specifically her husband's sister or her brother's wife)

(idiom) (originally) various women with disreputable or illegal professions, such as nuns, fortune-tellers, matchmakers, or midwifes; people formerly viewed as untrustworthy or of low social status

husband of one's father's sister; paternal aunt's husband

A Buddhist temple where nuns live and practice.

(idiom) excessive indulgence or appeasement will only encourage bad people or bad things; to spare the rod and spoil the child

a term of respect for a Buddhist nun

One of the Eight Immortals in Chinese mythology; usually depicted as a woman holding a lotus flower or a ladle.

a female cousin of one's father through the female line

A woman's sister-in-law, specifically the sister of her husband

husband of one's father's sister; also known as [[姑丈|姑丈|gu1 zhang4]], [[姑父|姑父|gu1 fu5]], or [[姑夫|姑夫|gu1 fu5]]

arrowhead; a perennial water plant with arrow-shaped leaves and edible underground tubers

To listen to something tentatively or for what it is worth without necessarily believing it to be true.

The relationship between children of a brother and a sister; cousins with different surnames where one's father and the other's mother are siblings.

husband's father and mother; a woman's parents-in-law

a woman's sister-in-law, specifically her husband's elder sister

to just say something for the sake of saying it, often implying that the speaker's words may not be entirely accurate or are without a strong basis

husband of one's father's sister (paternal aunt) or husband of one's parent's paternal aunt (grand-paternal aunt)

Meigu County, located in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province

(respectful term) a daughter's husband, used primarily by the wife's family

Meigu County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

A legendary Taoist deity from the Tang Dynasty; she is an important goddess in the Lushan school of Taoism, widely worshipped as a protector of pregnant women and children. Also known as [[临水夫人|臨水夫人|lin2 shui3 fu1 ren2]]

(literary) to remain an unmarried woman; to live alone as a single woman

husband of one's father's paternal aunt; paternal grandaunt's husband