妾
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
妾
- qiè (qie⁴) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
- ㄑㄧㄝˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
- jie² Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
- qie² Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
- cip³ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
- tiap² Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
- qiet⁶ Gan, Wiktionary specific
- chhiap Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
- chhiet Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
- qiab⁵ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
- qieh⁴ Jin, Wiktionary specific
- chiĕ Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
- chiék Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
- chhiap Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
- ciab⁴ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
- ⁷chiq Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
- cie⁶ Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
- qiè Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
- ciè Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
- chʻieh⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
- chyè Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
- chieh Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
- це Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
- /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
- gie Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz
- kie Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz
- /t͡ɕiɛ²¹/ Mandarin, Chengdu, IPA
Where it comes from
象形漢字 – 戴著頭飾的女人。與辛上加女的字（⿱辛女）同源。然而，現代字型寫成立 + 女 – 將頭飾簡化為立，而不是辛。
與捷 (上古 *zeb, “勝利；戰利品”)同源（Schuessler, 2007）。
In English
- concubine a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife
Talk about this word "妾." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%A6%BE. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. 妾. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%A6%BE "妾." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%A6%BE.Cite this
@misc{micwyn_2026,
title = {妾},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%A6%BE},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
