妾身

Chinese

		concubine	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad. (妾身)		妾	身

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qièshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄣ
Min Nan (POJ): chhiap-sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: qièshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehshen
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiap-sin
  - Tâi-lô: tshiap-sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiapsyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiap̚³²⁻⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiap̚³²⁻⁵ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiap̚³²⁻⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiap̚³²⁻⁴ ɕin⁴⁴/

Pronoun

妾身

(archaic) I; me

Usage notes

This first-person pronoun was used by females in ancient times to show modesty.

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