| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 白毛女 | bái máo nǚ | The White Haired Girl | |
| 婢女 | bì nǚ | slave-girl; servant-girl | |
| 處女 | 处女 | chǔ nǚ | virgin; inaugural |
| 處女膜 | 处女膜 | chǔ nǚ mó | hymen |
| 狄克西女子合唱團 | 狄克西女子合唱团 | Dí kè xī Nǚ zǐ hé chàng tuán | Dixie Chicks |
| 獨生子女 | 独生子女 | dú shēng zǐ nǚ | only child |
| 兒女 | 儿女 | ér nǚ | children; sons and daughters |
| 非婚生子女 | fēi hūn shēng zǐ nǚ | illegitimacy | |
| 婦女 | 妇女 | fù nǚ | woman |
| 閨女 | 闺女 | guī nǚ | (n) maiden; unmarried woman; (n) daughter |
| 國立新竹女子高級中學 | 国立新竹女子高级中学 | Guó lì Xīn zhú Nǚ zǐ Gāo jí zhōng xué | National Hsinchu First Girls' High School |
| 妓女 | jì nǚ | prostitute; hooker | |
| 曼荷蓮女子學院 | 曼荷莲女子学院 | Màn hé lián Nǚ zǐ Xué yuàn | Mount Holyoke College (Northamptom, Massachusetts) |
| 冒險少女娜汀亞 | 冒险少女娜汀亚 | Mào xiǎn shào nǚ nuó tīng yà | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water |
| 魔界女王候補生 | 魔界女王候补生 | Mó jiè nǚ wáng hòu bǔ shēng | Sugar Sugar Rune |
| 魔女的條件 | 魔女的条件 | Mó nǚ de tiáo jiàn | Majo no Jouken |
| 男女 | nán nǚ | male-female | |
| 男女平等 | nán nǚ píng děng | equality of the sexes | |
| 牛郎織女 | 牛郎织女 | Niú láng zhī nǚ | The Legend of Love; Cowherd and Weaver girl |
| 女 | nǚ | female; woman | |
| 女按摩師 | 女按摩师 | nǚ àn mó shī | masseuse |
| 女襯衫 | 女衬衫 | nǚ chèn shān | blouse |
| 女兒 | 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 女房東 | 女房东 | nǚ fáng dōng | landlady |
| 女服物員 | 女服物员 | nǚ fú wù yuán | stewardess |
| 女高音 | nǚ gāo yīn | soprano | |
| 女工 | nǚ gōng | (n) working woman; female worker | |
| 女管家 | nǚ guǎn jiā | housekeeper | |
| 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl; lass | |
| 女孩兒 | 女孩儿 | nǚ haír | daughter |
| 女皇 | nǚ huáng | empress | |
| 女繼承人 | 女继承人 | nǚ jì chéng rén | inheritress |
| 女朋友 | nǚ péng you | female friend; girlfriend | |
| 女權主義 | 女权主义 | nǚ quán zhǔ yì | feminism |
| 女人 | nǚ rén | woman | |
| 女舍監 | 女舍监 | nǚ shè jiān | matron |
| 女神 | nǚ shén | goddess; nymph | |
| 女生 | nǚ shēng | female students | |
| 女士 | nǚ shì | lady; madam | |
| 女媧 | 女娲 | Nǚ wā | Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology) |
| 女王 | nǚ wáng | queen | |
| 女巫 | nǚ wū | witchcraft | |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | (n) the female sex | |
| 女性主義 | 女性主义 | nǚ xìng zhǔ yì | feminism |
| 女修道 | nǚ xiū dào | convent | |
| 女婿 | nǚ xu | daughter's husband; son-in-law | |
| 女學生 | 女学生 | nǚ xué shēng | schoolgirl |
| 女演員 | 女演员 | nǚ yǎn yuán | actress |
| 女英雄 | nǚ yīng xióng | heroine | |
| 女佣 | nǚ yòng | (female) maid | |
| 女用內衣 | 女用内衣 | nǚ yòng nèi yī | chemise |
| 女主人 | nǚ zhǔ rén | hostess; mistress | |
| 女裝裁縫師 | 女装裁缝师 | nǚ zhuāng cái feng shī | dressmaker |
| 女子 | nǚ zǐ | woman; female | |
| 賽車女郎 | 赛车女郎 | sài chē nǚ láng | race queen; racing girl; motor girl |
| 少女 | shào nǚ | maiden | |
| 神女 | shén nǚ | goddess | |
| 神女峰 | shén nǚ fēng | name of a peak by Changjiang Three Gorges | |
| 甥女 | shēng nǚ | niece (sister's daughter) | |
| 侍女 | shì nǚ | maid | |
| 孫女 | 孙女 | sūn nǚ | son's daughter; granddaughter |
| 孫女婿 | 孙女婿 | sūn nǚ xu | son's daughter's husband; granddaughter's husband |
| 孫女兒 | 孙女儿 | sūn nǚr | granddaughter (daughter of one's son) |
| 外甥女 | wài sheng nǚ | sister's daughter; wife's sibling's daughter | |
| 外甥女婿 | wài sheng nǚ xu | sister's daughter's husband | |
| 外孫女 | 外孙女 | wài sūn nǚ | daughter's daughter; granddaughter |
| 外孫女兒 | 外孙女儿 | wài sūn nǚr | granddaughter (daughter of one's daughter) |
| 仙女 | xiān nǚ | fairy | |
| 仙女座 | xiān nǚ zuò | Andromeda; Virgo | |
| 消除對婦女一切形式歧視公約 | 消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约 | Xiāo chú duì Fù nǚ Yī qiè Xíng shì Qí shì Gōng yuē | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| 新處女公墓 | 新处女公墓 | Xīn chǔ nǚ gōng mù | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| 修女 | xiū nǚ | nun | |
| 玄女 | Xuán Nǚ | Xuan Nu (from Chinese mythology) | |
| 雪女 | xuě nǚ | yuki-onna | |
| 伊琳娜女皇 | Yī lín nuó nǚ huáng | Empress Irene | |
| 姨甥男女 | yí sheng nán nǚ | wife's sister's children | |
| 幼女 | yóu nǚ | young girl | |
| 曾孫女 | 曾孙女 | zēng sūn nǚ | great grandson |
| 真福德蘭修女 | 真福德兰修女 | Zhēn fú dé lán xiū nǚ | Mother Teresa |
| 姪女 | 侄女 | zhí nǚ | niece; brother's daughter |
| 姪女婿 | 侄女婿 | zhí nǚ xu | brother's daughter's husband; niece's husband |
| 侄孫女 | 侄孙女 | zhí sūn nǚ | grand niece |
| 子女 | zǐ nǚ | children; sons and daughters | |
| 佐伊女皇 | Zuǒ yī nǚ huáng | Zoe |
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