妃
Meanings
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- 1.imperial concubine
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Wiktionary
- 1.spouse; couple
- 2.imperial concubine
- 3.wife of a prince
- 4.goddess
- 5.to marry
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 女 (“woman”) + 卩 (“a kneeling man”). Probably related to 配 (OC *pʰɯːds, “to match”) (Wang, 1982).
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Related words
王妃 princess (in Europe)杨妃 see 杨贵妃[Yáng Guì fēi]贵妃 senior concubine嫔妃 imperial concubine后妃 imperial wives and concubines妃子 imperial concubine妃嫔 imperial concubine贵妃床 chaise longue杨贵妃 Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Táng Xuán zōng]妃子笑 concubine's smile, a cultivar of lychee太妃糖 (loanword) toffee; taffy湘妃竹 same as 斑竹[bān zhú], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜[Shùn] concubines (Ehuang 娥皇[É huáng] and Nüying 女英[Nǚ yīng], known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃[Xiāng Fēi]) upon learning of his death