PROSTITUTE    妓女

FEMALE ENTERTAINER who has INTERCOURSE with the MALES she ENTERTAINS.
WHORECALL GIRLWHOREINFORMAL HOOKERWORKING GIRLLADY OF THE EVENINGSTREETWALKERMEMBER OF THE OLDEST PROFESSIONTARTMOLLFILLE DE JOIEESCORTCOURTESANHUSTLERHODATED SCARLET WOMANCAMP FOLLOWERCOCOTTESTRUMPETHARLOTTROLLOPWOMAN OF ILL REPUTEWENCH
Old Chinese Criteria
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Modern Chinese Criteria
妓女 妓 娼 娼妓 娼婦 婊子 花魁 花娘 秋娘 神女 夜度娘 煙花女 窯姐兒 粉頭 姑娘兒 行院 refers both to a brothel and to a prostitute working in it. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • ENTERTAINER　ARTISAN:specialist AIMING to AMUSE OTHERS. (anc: 10/0, child: 4)
  • ARTISAN　WORKER who WORKS on CONCRETE THINGS he is EDUCATED FOR. (anc: 9/0, child: 9)
  • WORKER　ADULT EMPLOYED by the GOVERNMENT OR by ENTREPRENEURS to WORK FOR them.[[ARBEITER]] (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 19.72

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    MERETRIX

    SCORTATIO

  • Cornu Copiae seu Linguae Latinae Commentarii ( PEROTTI 1480) p. 2.66

    meretrix is the general dignified term referring to a prostitute working discreetly at night.

    prostibula is a term of abuse for a prostitute plying her trade openly, both day and night.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.2154

  • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 135-138

  • "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China" ( UNGER SACH) p.

    KURTISANEN

    • Words (6 items)

    婬女  yín nǚ OC: lɯm naʔ MC: jim ɳi̯ɤ
    淫女  yín nǚ OC: lɯm naʔ MC: jim ɳi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPlascivious woman > prostitute
    妓  jì OC: ɡreʔ MC: giɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • ngeisha, courtesan
    美男  měi nán OC: mriʔ noom MC: mi nəm 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPseductive male (typically sent out to seduce another male)
    妓女  jì nǚ OC: ɡreʔ naʔ MC: giɛ ɳi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralpleasure girls
    娟  juān OC: qʷlen MC: ʔiɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]beautiful person> courtesan
    婊  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nwhore, prostitute