姬
Meanings
- woman
- concubine
- female entertainer (archaic)
- beauty
- goddess
- imperial concubine
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 姬 Jī CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsurname Ji; family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty 周代 Zhōu dài (1046–256 BC)
- 姬 jī CC-CEDICT · Mandarinwoman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ji1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 10 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gei1
Cantonese word readings for 姬. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (mythology) name of a river where the Yellow Emperor legendarily dwelt
- a surname, legendarily originated from the Yellow Emperor; used by the ruling family of the Zhou dynasty
- (literary, by metonymy) the Zhou dynasty
- (historical) title for a princess or noblewoman of the Zhou royal line
- (literary) lady (ancient honorific for women)
- (literary) beauty; beautiful woman
- (literary) concubine
- (historical) a rank of palace lady in the Han dynasty, below 婕妤 (jiéyú) and above 八子
- (literary) female entertainer; singing or dancing girl
- (neologism, slang) female equivalent of 基 (jī, “gay”): lesbian
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