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妓女

Mandarin · pinyin jì nǚ

prostitute; hooker

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妓: jì · prostitute
女: nǚ · woman, girl; feminine; Kangxi radical 38; 10th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Aquarii (Albali)

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4–3 · ji4 nu:3

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gei6 neoi5

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noun

female prostitute
(historical, obsolete) female performer (particularly in the court entertainments of China's dynastic period)

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