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  *你* | 你* | *你
you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
HSK 1
schoolgirl / female student / girl
HSK 1
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  *女* | 女* | *女
female / woman / daughter
HSK 1
they; them (females)
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  *表* | 表* | *表
exterior surface / family relationship via females / to show (one's opinion) / a model / a table (listing information) / a form / a meter (measuring sth)
HSK 2
woman / female
HSK 3
male-female / male and female
HSK 4
woman / the female sex
HSK 5
flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
HSK 6
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  *母* | 母* | *母
mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female
HSK 6
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  *凹* | 凹* | *凹
concave; depressed; sunken; indented; female (connector etc)
HSK 7-9
witch / sorceress / female shaman
HSK 7-9
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  *姆* | 姆* | *姆
(old) female tutor / used in 保姆
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  *坤* | 坤* | *坤
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing earth / female principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
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  *姬* | 姬* | *姬
woman / concubine / female entertainer (archaic)
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  *妮* | 妮* | *妮
girl / phonetic "ni" (in female names) / Taiwan pr. [ni2]
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  *旦* | 旦* | *旦
(literary) dawn; daybreak / dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
female star / famous actress
older male cousin via female line
senior or older female schoolmate
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  *娜* | 娜* | *娜
(phonetic na) / used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜 or Diana 黛安娜
female servant; maid
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  *娂* | 娂* | *娂
(used in female names)
junior or younger female schoolmate
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  *莉* | 莉* | *莉
used in 茉莉 / used in the transliteration of female names
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  *佛* | 佛* | *佛
(female) head ornament / variant of 彿|佛
female
(zoology) (of a female) to be in heat; (of a male) to be in rut
(literary) that person (usually female) / she / one's intended
White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia
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  *妲* | 妲* | *妲
female personal name (archaic)
corpus luteum (glands in female mammals producing progesterone)
to tie up / to bind up / (medicine) to ligate / (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia) / (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation)
immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman
the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant
female baby
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  *雌* | 雌* | *雌
female / Taiwan pr. [ci1]
Meiling (female name) / Zhou Meiling 周美玲 (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director
male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric
senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
male and female
junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher
splendid gay female clothing
female immortal / sorceress
little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line
attractive policewoman / young female cop
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
female clothing
(female) maid
diva; famous or accomplished female singer
younger female cousin via female line
role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
younger female patrilineal cousin
female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
female singer (archaic)
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  *伎* | 伎* | *伎
artistry / talent / skill / (in ancient times) female entertainer
to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)
female singer
female dancer
nut (female component of nut and bolt)
female charms / femininity
older female patrilineal cousin
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  *嫦* | 嫦* | *嫦
used in 嫦娥 / used in female given names
cousin (via female line)
Bing Xin (1900-1999), female poet and children's writer
younger male cousin via female line
peasant woman (in former times) / female farm worker
drinking party with female entertainers
female cook
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  *兕* | 兕* | *兕
animal cited in ancient texts, resembling a buffalo (some say rhinoceros or female rhinoceros)
female offender in imperial China (old)
female suffering absence or atresia of vagina (as birth defect)
(old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)
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  *姵* | 姵* | *姵
(used in female names)
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  *媞* | 媞* | *媞
used as phonetic / female name
waistband of a skirt / (fig.) related to the wife or another female family member
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  *嬫* | 嬫* | *嬫
(used in female names)
wife of older male cousin via female line
female brothel keeper
female companion
the females in a family / womenfolk
lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world
geisha (Japanese female entertainer) / also written 藝伎|艺伎
(slang) female high school student / all-girls high school
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  *妘* | 妘* | *妘
surname Yun / (used in given names, mostly female names)
older female cousin via female line
older female servant; amah
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  *嫬* | 嫬* | *嫬
old character used in female names
dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
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  *媩* | 媩* | *媩
(used in female names) (old)
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  *媏* | 媏* | *媏
(used in female names) (old)
virgin female
female warrior role in Chinese opera
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  *嫱* | 嫱* | *嫱
female court officials
style (female organ of flower)
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  *牝* | 牝* | *牝
(of a bird, animal or plant) female / keyhole / valley
female virgin / widow who does not remarry
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  *牂* | 牂* | *牂
female sheep / place name

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