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"courtesan" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
角伎 jiǎo jì high-class prostitute / courtesan
角妓 jiǎo jì high-class prostitute / courtesan
交际花 交際花 jiāo jì huā (female) social butterfly / socialite / courtesan
角妓 jué jì courtesan
Chinese Pinyin Translation
花魁 huā kuí the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan syn
名妓 míng jì famous courtesan
李娃传 李娃傳 lǐ wá zhuàn Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简[Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot
白行简 白行簡 bái xíng jiǎn Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4]
小鬟 xiǎo huán (historical) chignon worn by a young girl / slave girl (prepubescent household courtesan wearing a distinctive paired chignon hairstyle)
恩客 ēn kè patron of a prostitute or courtesan (traditional euphemistic term, still used in modern writing)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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