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妾
qiè
concubine
💡 Ideographic:
A woman 女 branded 辛 as a slave
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⿱辛女
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Component Tree i
xīn
辛
bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
📷 Pictographic:
A hot iron used to brand prisoners and slaves
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HSK 4
Words Using 妾 (9)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
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妾
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qiè
concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
qiè
妾
↗
concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
臣妾
↗
chénqiè
male and female servants
chénqiè
臣妾
↗
male and female servants
妻妾
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qīqiè
wives and concubines (of a polygamous man) / harem
qīqiè
妻妾
↗
wives and concubines (of a polygamous man) / harem
姬妾
↗
jīqiè
concubine
jīqiè
姬妾
↗
concubine
宠妾
↗
chǒngqiè
favored concubine
chǒngqiè
宠妾
↗
favored concubine
宠妾灭妻
↗
chǒngqièmièqī
favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
chǒngqièmièqī
宠妾灭妻
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favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
纳妾
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nàqiè
to take a concubine
nàqiè
纳妾
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to take a concubine
妾侍
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qièshì
maids and concubines
qièshì
妾侍
↗
maids and concubines
侍妾
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shìqiè
concubine
shìqiè
侍妾
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concubine