Chinese Word: 媵 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

媵

Pinyin: yìng

English Definition: maid escorting bride to new home; concubine

Chinese Definition:
①古代指随嫁，亦指随嫁的人：“妃嫔媵嫱，王子皇孙，辞楼下殿，辇来于秦”。
②古代称姬妾婢女：妾媵。媵侍。
③送，相送：“波滔滔兮来迎，鱼邻邻兮媵予。”

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 女

Pictophonetic:朕 indicates the sound; 女 (woman) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 朕 [ zhèn ] the royal "we", for imperial use
- 女 [ nǚ ] woman, girl; female

Similar Characters: 榺

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concubine (old)

1		zhōu dài 周代 zhè zhǒng 这种 yì xìng 异姓 dí 嫡 yìng 媵 hūn 婚 zhì 制， shǐ 使 zhōu dài 周代 nǚ xìng 女性 dì wèi 地位 yí luò qiān zhàng 一落千丈。 This system of marriage and concubinage made women experience a disastrous decline in terms of their social position.
2		běn wén 本文 cóng 从 yìng 媵 hūn 婚 wén huà 文化 de 的 jiǎo dù 角度 jiě dú 解读《 shī jīng 诗经》 zhōng 中 yǔ 与 yìng 媵 hūn 婚 yǒu 有 shè 涉 de 的 liù 六 shǒu 首 shī 诗； bìng 并 tōng guò 通过 fēn xī 分析 zhōu dài 周代 yìng 媵 hūn 婚 zhì 制 hé 和 yìng 媵 hūn 婚 wén huà 文化， tàn qiú 探求 cù chéng 促成 yìng 媵 jià 嫁 shī 诗 chǎn shēng 产生 de 的 zhū 诸 zhòng 种 wén huà 文化 guān niàn 观念。 Then it explores the various cultural notions which gave birth to the concubine poems in The Book of Songs by analyzing the system and culture of the concubine marriage in the Zhou Dynasty.