This article explores the alternative subjective formation of Chinese women in the late Qing and early Republican eras with an emphasis on one neologism women`s world ( nujie).When women s world first appeared around 1902，it witnessed a narrowing process of its definition from a loosely established community that admitted anyone，whether men or women，with progressive concerns about women`s rights，to a strictly confined world for women and women only．As a consequence，men`s world(nanjie) was produced specifically as the antonym of women s world．Meanwhile，under the influence of the political theory on grouping in modern China，women`s world also qualified Chinese women as active participants in the state building process，in parallel with other worlds in the society.However，when women`s world became too radical and pursued women s rights beyond the nationalist limit，it was immediately mocked and distorted as the naturalized ally of prostitutes world ( jijie) .Women`s world was probably a word for all，but not a world for all．