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Mistress / Concubine / Servant

 qiè
 mekake / sobame / onname
 
Mistress / Concubine / Servant Scroll

妾 is the most simple way to say concubine or mistress in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

Sometimes this can mean servant. Occasionally, a woman may use this title in place of “I” or “me” to say “your humble servant” in a self-deprecating way.


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles
qiè
    qie4
ch`ieh
    chieh
 shou / sho
    しょう

More info & calligraphy:

Mistress / Concubine / Servant
concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
(1) (See 妾・めかけ) mistress; kept woman; concubine; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (humble language) (feminine speech) (See 妾・わらわ) I; me

侍妾

see styles
shì qiè
    shi4 qie4
shih ch`ieh
    shih chieh
 jishou / jisho
    じしょう
concubine
concubine; mistress

外妾

see styles
 gaishou / gaisho
    がいしょう
foreigner's mistress

妻妾

see styles
qī qiè
    qi1 qie4
ch`i ch`ieh
    chi chieh
 saishou / saisho
    さいしょう
wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem
one's wife and mistress(es)

妾侍

see styles
qiè shì
    qie4 shi4
ch`ieh shih
    chieh shih
maids and concubines

妾出

see styles
 shoushutsu / shoshutsu
    しょうしゅつ
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)

妾宅

see styles
 shoutaku / shotaku
    しょうたく
house in which a mistress is kept

妾腹

see styles
 shoufuku; mekakebara / shofuku; mekakebara
    しょうふく; めかけばら
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)

姬妾

see styles
jī qiè
    ji1 qie4
chi ch`ieh
    chi chieh
concubine

嬖妾

see styles
 heishou / hesho
    へいしょう
(archaism) beloved concubine; favorite mistress

寵妾


宠妾

see styles
chǒng qiè
    chong3 qie4
ch`ung ch`ieh
    chung chieh
favored concubine

愛妾

see styles
 aishou / aisho
    あいしょう
(See めかけ) beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)

洋妾

see styles
 youshou / yosho
    ようしょう
Westerner's mistress

男妾

see styles
 danshou / dansho
    だんしょう
male paramour

納妾


纳妾

see styles
nà qiè
    na4 qie4
na ch`ieh
    na chieh
to take a concubine

臣妾

see styles
chén qiè
    chen2 qie4
ch`en ch`ieh
    chen chieh
 shinshō
(literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler)
male and female servants

蓄妾

see styles
 chikushou / chikusho
    ちくしょう
(noun/participle) keeping a mistress (concubine)

Variations:

see styles
 warawa
    わらわ
(pronoun) (archaism) (humble language) (feminine speech) I; me

妾奉公

see styles
 mekakeboukou / mekakeboko
    めかけぼうこう
(noun/participle) serving as a concubine

寵妾滅妻


宠妾灭妻

see styles
chǒng qiè miè qī
    chong3 qie4 mie4 qi1
ch`ung ch`ieh mieh ch`i
    chung chieh mieh chi
favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom); spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife

Variations:

目掛け
目掛

see styles
 mekake; onname()(ok)
    めかけ; おんなめ(妾)(ok)
(dated) mistress; kept woman; concubine

Variations:
妾奉公
めかけ奉公

see styles
 mekakeboukou / mekakeboko
    めかけぼうこう
(noun/participle) serving as a concubine

一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻

see styles
 ittounihisanshoushigigosai / ittonihisanshoshigigosai
    いっとうにひさんしょうしぎごさい
(expression) (proverb) (the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife

Variations:
手掛け
手懸け
手掛
手懸

see styles
 tekake
    てかけ
(1) (手掛け, 手懸け, 手掛, 手懸 only) handle; (2) (dated) (also written as 妾女) (See 妾・めかけ) mistress; kept woman; concubine

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Mistress
Concubine
Servant
mekake / sobame / onnameqiè / qie4 / qiech`ieh / chieh


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