Taxonomy of meanings for 妃:　　

  • 妃 fēi (OC: phɯl MC: pʰʷɨi) 芳非切 平 廣韻：【嘉偶曰妃説文匹也又音配 】
    • CONCUBINE
      • ntimperial female companion
      • n(post-N)the concubine of the contextually determinate NCH
    • WIFE
      • n(post-N)general term for a female mate of any kind, of any status (see SSJZS vol. 16, p. 39)
      • vtoNserve as wife (concubine) to
      • nnonreferentiala wife
      • npost-Nwife of N
      • nabconceptthe concept of a ho4u; the word ho4u (as used here)
    • DEITY
      • OPPOSITE
      • 妃 pèi (OC: phɯɯls MC: pʰuoi) 滂佩切 去 廣韻：【妃偶也又匹非切 】
        • = 配

        Additional information about 妃

        說文解字: 【妃】，匹也。从女、己聲。 【芳非切】

          Criteria
        • CONCUBINE

          Fēi 妃 (ant. wáng 王 "king") refers to a royal concubine.

          Word relations
        • Object: (CONCUBINE)愛/LOVE The clearly dominant word referring to love is ài 愛 (ant. hèn 恨 "dislike"; rarely zēng 憎 "dislike"; and wù 惡 "hate"), and this word refers both to the feelings of love and to the expression of love in loving care for another person as well as in sexual relations. (Occasionally, the word may refer to the emotional preference that a small child feels for its parents. For this meaning see PREFER.)