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妾

qiè

Character

What 妾 means

1. concubine
2. I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)

Words starting with 妾

• 妾侍qiè shìmaids and concubines
• 妾室qiè shìconcubine

Words containing 妾

• 妻妾qī qièwives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem
• 侍妾shì qièconcubine
• 姬妾jī qièconcubine
• 宠妾chǒng qièfavored concubine
• 纳妾nà qièto take a concubine
• 臣妾chén qiè(literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female)…
• 妻妾成群qī qiè chéng qúnto have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
• 宠妾灭妻chǒng qiè miè qīfavor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)…
• 三妻四妾sān qī sì qiè(idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem

Characters that look like 妾

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

• 委wěito entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 妻qī(bound form) wife
• 县xiàncounty; (Japan) prefecture
• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 姜jiāngginger
• 娄Lóusurname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy

Sounds the same

Read qiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 切definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!…
• 窃to steal; secretly; (humble) I
• 怯timid; cowardly; rustic
• 锲to cut; to carve; to engrave
• 砌used in 砌末
• 惬(literary) satisfied; content
• 挈to raise; to lift; to take along (e.g. one's family)
• 箧chest; box; trunk
• 帹man's headband (arch.)
• 朅to leave; to abandon
• 踥to walk with small steps
• 趄to slant; to incline