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妓

jì

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What 妓 means

1. prostitute

Example sentences

• 她是一个妓女。
  She is a prostitute.
• 我打算去妓院做事。
  Wǒ dǎsuàn qù jìyuàn zuòshì.
  I plan to work in a brothel.
• 玛丽娅承认她是一个妓女。
  Mǎlìyà chéngrèn tā shì yī gè jìnǚ.
  Marie admitted that she was a prostitute.
• 他在不知有监控录像的情况下支付了妓女服务费用。
  Tā zài bù zhī yǒu jiānkòng lùxiàng de qíngkuàng xià zhīfù le jìnǚ fúwùfèi yòng.
  He paid the prostitute the fee without being aware of the surveillance camera.
• 有一天，警方突击搜捕了一个娼妓集团，而她正是被捕的人的其中一个。
  Yǒu yī tiān, jǐngfāng tūjī sōubǔ le yī gè chāngjì jítuán, ér tā zhèngshì bèibǔ de rén de qízhōng yī gè.
  One day, the police raided a whole group of prostitutes, and the girl was among them.

Words starting with 妓

• 妓女jì nǚprostitute; hooker
• 妓院jì yuànbrothel; whorehouse
• 妓寨jì zhàibrothel
• 妓馆jì guǎnbrothel

Words containing 妓

• 娼妓chāng jìprostitute
• 名妓míng jìfamous courtesan
• 召妓zhào jìto hire a prostitute
• 招妓zhāo jìto hire a prostitute
• 营妓yíng jìmilitary prostitute
• 男妓nán jìmale prostitute; (old) pimp
• 舞妓wǔ jì(loanword) maiko; apprentice geisha
• 艺妓yì jìgeisha (Japanese female entertainer); also written 艺伎
• 角妓jué jìcourtesan
• 军妓jūn jìmilitary prostitute
• 雏妓chú jìunderage prostitute
• 嫖妓piáo jìto visit a prostitute
• 狎妓xiá jì(old) to visit prostitutes

Characters built on 支

These share the phonetic component 支 (zhī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 技jìskill
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 肢zhīlimb
• 翅chì(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 吱zhī(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 伎jìartistry; talent; skill
• 岐Qísurname Qi; also used in place names

Characters that look like 妓

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 技jìskill
• 姐jiěolder sister
• 姓xìngfamily name; surname; to be surnamed ...
• 披pīto drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc

Sounds the same

Read jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 记to record; to note; to memorize
• 既already; since; both... (and...)
• 季season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers
• 绩to spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 际border; edge; boundary
• 计to calculate; to compute; to count
• 技skill
• 济to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
• 继to continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 纪order; discipline; age
• 寄to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 迹(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī