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妾

qiè

Meanings

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qiè
  1. 1.concubine
  2. 2.I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.slave woman
  2. 2.concubine
  3. 3.I; me (a term of self-address used by women)
  4. 4.a surname

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Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a pictogram (象形) of a woman with a headdress. Cognate to 女 with 辛 on top, though in the modern form the headdress has simplified to unrelated 立. Alternatively, may be an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 辛 (“torture device”) + 女 (“woman”) – female criminal. Cognate to 捷 (OC *zeb, “victory; booty”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

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Stroke order

Components

妾立女

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Synonyms

女奴婢姬媵妾媵媵妾侍妾姬妾側室偏室姑娘偏房小太太兒小婆婆兒小奶奶兒小的兒屋兒裡人小老婆姨太太小老婆兒小婆子小小的小兒小點子小婆兒庶夫人小婆娘小堂客小婆

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Derived terms

下妾三妻四妾三房四妾主妾仙妾侍妾僕妾仆妾先妾兒妾儿妾內妾内妾副妾園妾园妾團扇妾团扇妾女妾妃妾妓妾妾人妾侍妾勢妾势妾妃妻妾妾婦妾妇妾媵

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Related words

侍妾 concubine姬妾 concubine宠妾 favored concubine妾室 concubine妾侍 maids and concubines臣妾 (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female)妻妾 wives and concubines (of a polygamous man)纳妾 to take a concubine宠妾灭妻 favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)妻妾成群 to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem三妻四妾 (idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem