xiaojie

The medal presenters and attendants, who are called liyi xiaojie (which can be literally translated as etiquette misses), were selected based on strict criteria regarding their height, weight, age, body shape and appearance.

Hongmei Li: The Beijing Olympics and Chinese Women 2008

Liyi xiaojie are also trained to show curtsey and respect to visitors.

Hongmei Li: The Beijing Olympics and Chinese Women 2008

The nonchalance with which many Chinese regard the occupation of a xiaojie, or "miss" (as sex workers are euphemistically called), is a measure of how quickly they've embraced Deng Xiaoping's maxim "to get rich is glorious."

Second Wives Club 2007

I don't know about night classes, but mornings at Tung Hai are bad for a different reason: xiaojie cleaning crews made up from the freshman class.

Skulking in the Boy's Room Michael Turton 2006

There is no specific xiaojie victim case category or statistics in the public security organs.

Shanghaiist 2009

Sex work in China is illegal and xiaojie homicides are frequent (40\% of murder cases in Beijing were xiaojies).

Shanghaiist 2009

For over a decade, the 38-year-old scholar collected and studied xiaojie homicides.

Shanghaiist 2009

Most xiaojie murders are not premeditated, but take place when customers quarrel over the price.

Shanghaiist 2009

小姐or服务员 xiaojie or fuwuyuan. miss or waiter nin you kuaizi ma? you have chopsticks?

Learn Chinese - ChinesePod 2009