Chinese Word: 妾 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

妾

Pinyin: qiè

English Definition: concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)

Chinese Definition:
①旧时男人娶的小老婆。
②谦辞，旧时女人自称：妾身。贱妾。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 女

Ideographic: A woman 女 branded 辛 as a slave

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 辛 [ xīn ] bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
- 女 [ nǚ ] woman, girl; female

Similar Characters: 妄

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Example Words

妻妾	qī qiè	wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem
纳妾	nà qiè	to take a concubine
臣妾	chén qiè	(literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler)
姬妾	jī qiè	concubine
侍妾	shì qiè	concubine

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Example Sentences

1		tā 他 de 的 qiè 妾 zhù zài 住在 shì 示 jiàn 剑， yě 也 gěi 给 tā 他 shēng 生 le 了 yī gè 一个 ér zi 儿子。 jī 基 diàn 甸 yǔ 与 tā 他 qǐ míng 起名 jiào 叫 yà bǐ 亚比 mǐ lēi 米勒。 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech.
2		ér 而 zài 在 gòng chǎn dǎng 共产党 de 的 lǐng dǎo 领导 xià 下， qiè 妾 biàn chéng 变成 le 了 duò luò 堕落 hé 和 fǔ bài 腐败 de 的 xiàng zhēng 象征。 Under the Communists concubines became symbols of corruption and decadence.
3		tā 他 mìng lìng 命令 tā 他 suǒ yǒu 所有 de 的 qī qiè 妻妾 ( qiè 妾， tā 他 méi yǒu 没有 zhèng 正 qǔ 娶 de 的 nǚ rén 女人 ) zài 在 tā 他 sǐ hòu 死后 péi zàng 陪葬。 He was tyrannical to the last, having ordered all his mistresses and concubines (he never married) buried alive with him after he was entombed.
4		fēng jiàn 封建 shí qī 时期， yōng yǒu 拥有 duō shǎo 多少 qiè 妾 yě 也 shì 是 yī gè 一个 nán rén 男人 dì wèi 地位 hé 和 cái fù 财富 de 的 xiàng zhēng 象征。 In Imperial times, concubines were symbols of status and wealth to the men that possessed them.
5		dào 到 le 了 jiā lǐ 家里， yòng 用 dāo 刀 qiāng 将 qiè 妾 de 的 shī shēn 尸身 qiē chéng 切成 shí èr 十二 kuài 块， shǐ 使 rén 人 ná zhe 拿着 chuán sòng 传送 yǐ sè liè 以色列 de 的 sì 四 jìng 境。 When he reached home, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into all the areas of Israel.

More Sentences

1		tā 他 de 的 qiè 妾 zhù zài 住在 shì 示 jiàn 剑， yě 也 gěi 给 tā 他 shēng 生 le 了 yī gè 一个 ér zi 儿子。 jī 基 diàn 甸 yǔ 与 tā 他 qǐ míng 起名 jiào 叫 yà bǐ 亚比 mǐ lēi 米勒。 His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech.
2		ér 而 zài 在 gòng chǎn dǎng 共产党 de 的 lǐng dǎo 领导 xià 下， qiè 妾 biàn chéng 变成 le 了 duò luò 堕落 hé 和 fǔ bài 腐败 de 的 xiàng zhēng 象征。 Under the Communists concubines became symbols of corruption and decadence.
3		tā 他 mìng lìng 命令 tā 他 suǒ yǒu 所有 de 的 qī qiè 妻妾 ( qiè 妾， tā 他 méi yǒu 没有 zhèng 正 qǔ 娶 de 的 nǚ rén 女人 ) zài 在 tā 他 sǐ hòu 死后 péi zàng 陪葬。 He was tyrannical to the last, having ordered all his mistresses and concubines (he never married) buried alive with him after he was entombed.
4		fēng jiàn 封建 shí qī 时期， yōng yǒu 拥有 duō shǎo 多少 qiè 妾 yě 也 shì 是 yī gè 一个 nán rén 男人 dì wèi 地位 hé 和 cái fù 财富 de 的 xiàng zhēng 象征。 In Imperial times, concubines were symbols of status and wealth to the men that possessed them.
5		dào 到 le 了 jiā lǐ 家里， yòng 用 dāo 刀 qiāng 将 qiè 妾 de 的 shī shēn 尸身 qiē chéng 切成 shí èr 十二 kuài 块， shǐ 使 rén 人 ná zhe 拿着 chuán sòng 传送 yǐ sè liè 以色列 de 的 sì 四 jìng 境。 When he reached home, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into all the areas of Israel.

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