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娼

chāng

Character

What 娼 means

1. prostitute

Example sentences

• 严禁卖淫嫖娼，赌博，吸毒，酗酒滋事等违法犯罪活动！
  Yánjìn màiyín piáochāng, dǔbó, xīdú, xùjiǔzīshì děng wéifǎ fànzuì huódòng!
  Prostitution, gambling, the use of narcotic substances, drunkenness, disorder, and all other illegal activities are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
• 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 娼

• 娼妓chāng jìprostitute
• 娼女chāng nǚprostitute
• 娼妇chāng fùprostitute
• 娼家chāng jiābrothel

Words containing 娼

• 嫖娼piáo chāngto visit prostitutes; to go whoring
• 宿娼sù chāngto visit a prostitute
• 暗娼àn chāngunlicensed (unregistered) prostitute
• 逼良为娼bī liáng wéi chāngto force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom); to debauch
• 笑贫不笑娼xiào pín bù xiào chāngthe notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's…

Characters built on 昌

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

• 倡chàngto initiate; to instigate; to introduce
• 唱chàngto sing; to call loudly; to chant
• 猖chāngferocious
• 菖chāngsee 菖蒲
• 鲳chāngsee 鲳鱼
• 阊chānggate of heaven; gate of palace

Characters that look like 娼

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

• 娱yúto amuse
• 媚mèi(bound form) to flatter; (bound form) charming
• 姬jīwoman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 鹃juāncuckoo
• 娓wěiused in 娓娓

Sounds the same

Read chāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 昌(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 猖ferocious
• 阊gate of heaven; gate of palace
• 伥(bound form) ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
• 锠metal utensil; mounting; fitting
• 鼚sound of drum
• 菖see 菖蒲
• 鲳see 鲳鱼