| 女 | nǚ | female; woman; daughter |
| 妇女 | fù nǚ | woman |
| 女子 | nǚ zǐ | woman; female |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 女人 | nǚ rén | woman |
| 男女 | nán nǚ | male-female; male and female |
| 子女 | zǐ nǚ | children; sons and daughters |
| 儿女 | ér nǚ | children; sons and daughters |
| 闺女 | guī nǚ | maiden; unmarried woman; daughter |
| 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl; lass |
| 女士 | nǚ shì | lady; madam; CL:个,位; Miss; Ms |
| 女孩子 | nǚ hái zǐ | girl |
| 女工 | nǚ gōng | working woman; needlework |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 女婿 | nǚ xu | daughter's husband; son-in-law |
| 少女 | shào nǚ | maiden |
| 女真 | Nǚ zhēn | Nüzhen or Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the later Jin dynasty 后金 and Qing dynasty |
| 妓女 | jì nǚ | prostitute; hooker |
| 女郎 | nǚ láng | young woman; maiden; girl; CL:个,位 |
| 男女平等 | nán nǚ píng děng | equality of the sexes |
| 女仆 | nǚ pú | female servant; drudge |
| 侄女 | zhí nǚ | niece; brother's daughter |
| 美女 | měi nǚ | beautiful woman |
| 仙女 | xiān nǚ | fairy |
| 宫女 | gōng nǚ | palace maid; CL:个,名,位 |
| 白毛女 | bái máo nǚ | The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films |
| 孙女 | sūn nǚ | son's daughter; granddaughter |
| 女方 | nǚ fāng | the bride's side (of a wedding); of the bride's party |
| 神女 | shén nǚ | goddess; prostitute (slang); The Goddess, 1934 silent film about a Shanghai prostitute, directed by 吴永刚 |
| 女主人 | nǚ zhǔ rén | hostess; mistress |
| 非婚生子女 | fēi hūn shēng zǐ nǚ | an illegitimate child |
| 侍女 | shì nǚ | maid |
| 歌女 | gē nǚ | female singer (archaic) |
| 女皇 | nǚ huáng | empress |
| 烈女 | liè nǚ | a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death |
| 织女星 | Zhī nǚ xīng | Vega, brightest star in constellation Lyra 天琴星座; Weaving girl of folk tale Cowherd and weaving maid 牛郎织女 |
| 女王 | nǚ wáng | queen |
| 处女 | chǔ nǚ | virgin; maiden; inaugural |
| 女服务员 | nǚ fú wù yuán | stewardess |
| 女神 | nǚ shén | goddess; nymph |
| 女高音 | nǚ gāo yīn | soprano |
| 三个女人一个墟 | sān gè nǚ rén yī gè xū | three women makes a crowd |
| 三个女人一台戏 | sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì | three women are enough for a drama (idiom) |
| 中国古代四大美女 | Zhōng guó gǔ dài sì dà měi nǚ | Four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xi Shi 西施, Wang Zhaojun 王昭君, Diaochan 貂蝉 and Yang Yuhuan 杨玉环 or Yang Guifei 杨贵妃 |
| 乱搞男女关系 | luàn gǎo nán nǚ guān xì | to be promiscuous; to sleep around |
| 仙女座 | xiān nǚ zuò | Andromeda (constellation) |
| 仙女座大星云 | Xiān nǚ zuò dà xīng yún | great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31 |
| 仙女座星系 | Xiān nǚ zuò xīng xì | Andromeda galaxy M31 |
| 仙女星座 | xiān nǚ xīng zuò | Andromeda constellation (galaxy) M31 |
| 仙女星系 | Xiān nǚ xīng xì | Andromeda galaxy M31 |
