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Meaning of 姒

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Pinyin:
English Definition: wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old); elder sister (old); surname Si
Chinese Definition:
①古以兄妻为姒,弟妻为娣;相谓亦曰姒。弟妻称兄妻为姒。[例]吾不以妾为姒。——《左传·成公十一年》。注:“昆弟之妻,相谓为姒。”[合]姒娣(妯娌);姒妇(古代弟之妻称兄之妻为姒妇)。
②古代同夫诸妾称长者曰姒,幼者曰娣。
③古时称姊为姒。[例]鲁公乘姒者,鲁公乘子皮之姒也。——汉·刘向《列女传》。
④姓氏。
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (woman) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] woman, girl; female
    • [ ] according to; so as to; because of; then
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Example Words
褒姒 bāo Baosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王 and one of the famous Chinese beauties
娣姒 sisters-in-law (old); various concubines of a husband (old)
姒文命 wén mìng Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹
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Example Sentences
1
The smart Nuosi was the eighth married.
2
The sixth was Gasi married to road divinity.
3
"I have never smiled so far, " the Queen replied.
4
使
Every new year, I adopt a couple of old maxims as my beacons to guide my future.
5
西
After reaching this understanding, Mr. Kuester was very excited. He immediately replied to Mary with a letter entitled, "Making you a good child is God's highest reward to you."