<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>
</blockquote>

<p>*</p>

<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>
</blockquote>

<p>*</p>

<blockquote>
  <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>
</blockquote>

<p>*</p>

<blockquote>
  <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>
</blockquote>

<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>

**Tags:** phrase

> **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'.*

\*

> **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/>

\*

> **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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