<p>Off the top of my head, I can think of 勾搭, 泡妞, 把妹 and 溝女</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>勾搭</strong> </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/52068/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/52068/</a></p>
  
  <p>[1] <em>pick up a lover</em></p>
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<blockquote>
  <p><strong>溝女</strong> (Cantonese slang)</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/20482/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/20482/</a></p>
  
  <p><em>pick up chicks; go out looking for women to chat up; dawdle away one's time with a girl; [slang] cruise (look for sexual partner)</em></p>
  
  <p>[variants] <em>媾女, 勼女, 追女仔</em></p>
  
  <p><em>溝 is most probably a loanword from '(to) court'.</em> </p>
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  <p><strong>泡妞</strong> (Mandarin slang)</p>
  
  <p><em>to pick up chicks; to go out looking for women to chat up; to chase skirts; to dawdle away one's time with girls |</em></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/40924/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/40924/</a></p>
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  <p><strong>把妹</strong> (Internet slang)</p>
  
  <p><em><a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/58867/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/58867/</a></em></p>
  
  <p><em>to chase girls; to pick up girls</em> </p>
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<pre><code> I'm going to go and pick up some girls!
</code></pre>

<p>我要去泡妞 (Mandarin slang)</p>

<p>我要去溝女 (Cantonese slang)</p>

<p>我要去把妹 (web slang)</p>

<p>我要去勾搭女人 (literal) <em>"女人" can be replaced by 女孩 or 女生 in Mandarin and 女仔 in Cantonese</em></p>

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Tang Ho
<p>Looking for a one night stand you might say:</p>

<p>我今晚去约炮。 </p>

<p>Good luck with that!</p>

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Gangosa
<p>A common internet slang word for this is 撩妹 (liao2 mei4), literally "to tease sisters", but 妹(子) on the internet is commonly used just to mean a pretty girl.
<a href="http://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%92%A9%E5%A6%B9/19464048" rel="nofollow">http://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%92%A9%E5%A6%B9/19464048</a></p>

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智障的人
<p>How do you say "to pick up girls" in Chinese? I would like to say: I'm going to go and pick up some girls!</p>

<p>Disclaimer: Question inspired by <a href="https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/40214/what-is-the-japanese-equivalent-of-to-pick-up-a-girl-or-to-hit-on-girls">https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/40214/what-is-the-japanese-equivalent-of-to-pick-up-a-girl-or-to-hit-on-girls</a></p>

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修车, 这车你能修吗?(Can you pick up that girl?),
sfy
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撩妹 has become a very popular phrase recently; 泡妞 is another very common, well-known phrase that's been around longer.
Mou某
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@wolfrevo are you trying to protect the girls?
EXL
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Just to let you know that most the answers mean hitting on girls and not being serious about it/ not looking for a relationship.
EXL
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What is the Chinese equivalent of “to pick up a girl” or “to hit on girls”?
# What is the Chinese equivalent of “to pick up a girl” or “to hit on girls”?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-22)

How do you say "to pick up girls" in Chinese? I would like to say: I'm going to go and pick up some girls!

Disclaimer: Question inspired by <https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/40214/what-is-the-japanese-equivalent-of-to-pick-up-a-girl-or-to-hit-on-girls>

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 修车, 这车你能修吗?(Can you pick up that girl?),  
> **username_2**: 撩妹 has become a very popular phrase recently; 泡妞 is another very common, well-known phrase that's been around longer.  
> **username_3**: @wolfrevo are you trying to protect the girls?  
> **username_3**: Just to let you know that most the answers mean hitting on girls and not being serious about it/ not looking for a relationship.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2016-10-22. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Off the top of my head, I can think of 勾搭, 泡妞, 把妹 and 溝女

勾搭 
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/52068/
[1] pick up a lover

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溝女 (Cantonese slang)
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/20482/
pick up chicks; go out looking for women to chat up; dawdle away one's time with a girl; [slang] cruise (look for sexual partner)
[variants] 媾女, 勼女, 追女仔
溝 is most probably a loanword from '(to) court'. 

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泡妞 (Mandarin slang)
to pick up chicks; to go out looking for women to chat up; to chase skirts; to dawdle away one's time with girls |
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/40924/

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把妹 (Internet slang)
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/58867/
to chase girls; to pick up girls 

 I'm going to go and pick up some girls!

我要去泡妞 (Mandarin slang)
我要去溝女 (Cantonese slang)
我要去把妹 (web slang)
我要去勾搭女人 (literal) "女人" can be replaced by 女孩 or 女生 in Mandarin and 女仔 in Cantonese


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### Answer by username_5 on 2016-10-22. Score: 0

Looking for a one night stand you might say:

我今晚去约炮。

Good luck with that!


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### Answer by username_6 on 2016-10-23. Score: 0

A common internet slang word for this is 撩妹 (liao2 mei4), literally "to tease sisters", but 妹(子) on the internet is commonly used just to mean a pretty girl.
<http://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%92%A9%E5%A6%B9/19464048>


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