Question

Jinyan26:

月经例假 (yue4jing1li4jia4)

Oh boy.

I can handle it.

(Another good euphemism is 老朋友)

Jinyan26,

The official way to say 'menstrual cyle' is "月经" yuèjīng. But Yuanyun is right, in everyday life, it is usually referred to as "大姨妈" yímā. 

So how would you use it in a sentance...

我有大姨妈。是我的大姨妈的时候。我大姨妈拜访。

I am having my period. It is my period time. Aunt Flo is visiting.

其实有时候也直接说

“我来那个了”

“我那啥着呢”

都是指来例假

嗯, "menstrual cycle" 翻译为书面语,是 如 henning  所说的一样 "月经例假".

不过生活中,女性朋友们相互聊天 时,我们会用"大姨妈" 或"例假"

来代指 "月经例假"

haha! Good to know! This might make a good lesson topic (though somewhat embarassing for the presenters) with language about pain meds or chinese medicine. Maybe some cultural information. I assume it is not "high frequency" language, but I would imagine it could be akward if you need to say somthing but don't know how.

Yes, very useful for all the girls learning Chinese..maybe not for the poor guys though!! 

I though about that... Henning and Xiaophil don't seem too upset! And it is part of the cycle of life, without which there would be no men. So I still think it is relvant.

It has to be at least as high frequency as "manicure". Let's get John to do Girly Talk part deux. :D

哇！这么多好玩的委婉语！哦，这是个女的地方，不好意思，我走了。