CONCUBINE  妾

FEMALE MATE who is NOT a WIFE.
MISTRESSCOURTESANKEPT WOMANLOVERARCHAIC PARAMOURDOXYHISTORICAL HETAERA
Hypernym
  • MATEADULT with whom one COPULATES.
    • ADULTHUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
      • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
        • ANIMALCREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE....
See also
  • WIFEMARRIED FEMALE MATE.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    Fēi 妃 (ant. wáng 王 "king") refers to a royal concubine.

    黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
    HUANG JINGUI 2006

    HUMAN AFFAIRS 小妻。

    妾，總稱。

    媵，媵婚制下特指隨嫁的侄女（姪）、妹妹（娣）；漢以後變為妾，常與 “ 妾 ” 、 “ 婢 ” 連用。

    娣，媵婚制後，泛指相當妾的陪嫁女子，常指幼妾。

    姬，豪門大戶有色藝或得寵的妾。

    嬙、嬪、御，宮中女官，同為天子妾，地位由高到低。

      Words

      妾  qiè OC: skheb MC: tshiɛp 29 AttributionsWD

      Qiè 妾 (ant. fū 夫 "husband") refers to the concubine.

        Word relations
      • Epithet: 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.)
      • Contrast: 妻/WIFE Qī 妻 (ant. fū 夫 "husband") refers to the regular main wife.
      • Assoc: 婢/SERVANT

        Syntactic words
      • nconcubine
      • n+Nprconcubine Npr
      • nadVreference=objectlike a concubine
      • npost-NconcubineCH
      • vtoNcausativecause to become a concubine
      • vtoNobject=recipientprovide a concubine for
      妃  fēi OC: phɯl MC: phɨi 11 AttributionsWD

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

        Word relations
      • Object: 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.)

        Syntactic words
      • n(post-N)the concubine of the contextually determinate NCH
      • ntimperial female companion
      姬  jī OC: klɯ MC: kɨ 4 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nZUO: (distinguished) member of the harem
      • npost-Nconcubine of / belonging to NTW
      配  pèi OC: phɯɯls MC: phuo̝i 4 AttributionsWD

      Pèi 配 refers to a ducal or royal or imperial female companion.

        Syntactic words
      • nrare and elevated, imperial mate; female ducal companion
      • vtoNN=Nprbe a mate to Npr; be a wife/concubine of NprDS
      娣  dì OC: liilʔ MC: dei 3 AttributionsWD

      Dì 娣 and 媵 refer to younger sisters who follow along with their elder sisters marrying their elder sister's husband as secondary wives.

        Syntactic words
      • nZUO: younger sister of the main wife who has married the same man as a secondary wife or concubine
      側室  cè shì OC: skrɯɡ qhljiɡ MC: ʈʂɨk ɕit 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPnon-main wife; collateral
      僕妾  pú qiè OC: booɡ skheb MC: buk tshiɛp 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPconcubine
      嬪御  pín yù OC: bin ŋas MC: bin ŋi̯ɤ 2 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPpluralconcubines of the Son of Heaven; imperial concubines;
      嬙  qiáng OC: sɡaŋ MC: dzi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • nconcubine of lesser rank
      圭  guī OC: kʷee MC: kei 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nfigurativeconcubine
      姒  sì OC: sɢlɯʔ MC: zɨ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • nZUO: elder sister who, along with her younger sister, has got married off to the same man
      媵  yìng OC: lɯŋs MC: jɨŋ 0 AttributionsWD

      Dì 娣 and yìng 媵 refer to younger sisters who follow along with their elder sisters marrying their elder sister's husband as secondary wives.

        Syntactic words
      • nsubsidiary wives or concubines that follow along with the main woman one is marrying
      偏房  piān fáng OC: phen baŋ MC: phiɛn bi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPminor concubine
      妃嬙  fēi qiáng OC: phɯl sɡaŋ MC: phɨi dzi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPpluralconcubines of all sorts, distinguished and less distinguished
      小  xiǎo OC: smewʔ MC: siɛu 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • v[adN]N=womaninsignificant (woman)> concubine (according to the Song commentator Zhu Xi on SHI)

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