qiè
Pinyin

Definition

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qiè
  1. concubine
  2. I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (5)

jiē
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to answer (the phone)
  3. 3 to meet or welcome sb
  4. 4 to connect
  5. 5 to catch
  6. 6 to join
  7. 7 to extend
  8. 8 to take one's turn on duty
  9. 9 to take over for sb
shà
  1. 1 all of a sudden
  2. 2 drizzle
shǎ
  1. 1 to speak evil
  2. 2 gobbling sound made by ducks
shà
  1. 1 wooden fan carried in procession
qiè
  1. 1 to walk with small steps

Related Words (5)

qī qiè
  1. 1 wives and concubines (of a polygamous man)
  2. 2 harem
qiè
  1. 1 concubine
  2. 2 I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
qiè shì
  1. 1 maids and concubines
nà qiè
  1. 1 to take a concubine
chén qiè
  1. 1 (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female)
  2. 2 (archaic) male and female slaves
  3. 3 subjects (of a ruler)

Idioms (1)

宠妾灭妻
chǒng qiè miè qī
  1. 1 favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)
  2. 2 spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife