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Pinyin qiè
Radical
Strokes
8
Definition
concubine
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妾 [qiè] 名 1. 旧时男人娶的小老婆。 (Concubine; a woman married by a man in addition to his main wife.) 2. 同本义。 (Woman slave.) 引: 《说文》:妾,有罪女子给事者。 ("Shuowen Jiezi": A concubine is a woman in servitude, having committed a crime.) 《周礼·太宰》:八月臣妾。 ("Rites of Zhou": In August, the vassal is a concubine.) 《国语·晋语》:纳女工妾三十人。 ("Records of the Grand Historian": Thirty women were taken as concubines.) 《书·费誓》:臣妾逋逃。 ("Book of Documents": The vassal fugitive.) 引: 《春秋传》曰:“女为人妾,妾不娉也。” ("Spring and Autumn Annals": When a woman is a concubine to a man, she does not have a marriage ceremony.) 《左传·僖公十七年》:梁嬴孕卜曰:将生一男一女。男为人臣,女为人妾。 ("Zuo Zhuan": It was predicted that there would be a boy and a girl. The boy is a minister, and the girl a concubine.) 《易·鼎》:得妾以其子。 ("Book of Changes": A concubine is obtained along with her children.) 例: 妾媵(随嫁的人;泛指妾) (Concubine servants; generally refers to concubines.) 妻妾(妻与妾) (Wife and concubine.) 妾妃(姬妾) (Concubine and favored concubine.) 妾侍(姬妾侍女之辈) (Concubine and serving women.) 妾妇(小妻;侧室) (Minor wife; secondary wife.) 代 1. 旧时妇女自称的谦词。 (A humble term used by women in ancient times referring to themselves; I.) 引: 古乐府《孔雀东南飞》:妾不堪驱使,徒留无所施。 (Ancient ballad "The Peacock Flies Southeast": I am unable to be driven and merely left with nothing to offer.) 汉· 刘向《列女传》:妾事其父。 ("Records of Women" by Liu Xiang: I serve my father.) 清· 林觉民《与妻书》:必以告妾。 ("Letter to My Wife" by Lin Jue-min: Must inform me.) 例: 妾人(女子谦卑的自称) (Humble term for a woman.) 妾身(旧时女子谦称) (Old term for a woman referring to herself.)
chén qiè
(literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler)
qī qiè
wives and concubines (of a polygamous man) / harem
sān qī sì qiè
Three Wives and Four Concubines
jiàn qiè
Cheap concubine
ài qiè
Concubine
nà qiè
to take a concubine

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Pinyin qie4
Wubi
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Zhengma
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