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"senior concubine" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
贵妃 貴妃 guì fēi senior concubine / imperial consort syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) syn
娘娘 niáng niang queen / empress / imperial concubine / Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West / mother / aunt syn
西施 xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu syn
小老婆 xiǎo lǎo pó concubine / mistress / (dialect) woman syn
二房 èr fáng second branch of an extended family / concubine syn
妃子 fēi zi imperial concubine syn
大校 dà xiào senior ranking officer in Chinese army / senior colonel syn
送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor
嫔妃 嬪妃 pín fēi imperial concubine syn
纳妾 納妾 nà qiè to take a concubine syn
偏房 piān fáng side room / concubine syn
高管 gāo guǎn senior executive / senior manager (abbr. for 高級管理人員|高级管理人员[gao1ji2 guan3li3 ren2yuan2])
妖姬 yāo jī (literary) beauty (usually of a maid or concubine)
扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status
收房 shōu fáng to take as a concubine
貂蝉 貂蟬 diāo chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
妲己 dá jǐ Daji (c. 11th century BC), concubine of the last Shang dynasty king Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛[Zhou4 Xin1]
姨娘 yí niáng maternal aunt / father's concubine (old) syn
宫人 宮人 gōng rén imperial concubine or palace maid / imperial secretary (old)
姨太太 yí tài tai concubine syn
妃嫔 妃嬪 fēi pín imperial concubine
妃子笑 fēi zi xiào concubine's smile, a cultivar of lychee
正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife
褒姒 bāo sì Baosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王[Zhou1 You1 wang2] and one of the famous Chinese beauties
庶子 shù zǐ son born of a concubine
孽子 niè zǐ unfilial son / unworthy son / illegitimate son / concubine's son
尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn
姬 jī woman / concubine / female entertainer (archaic) syn
妃 fēi imperial concubine syn
孽 niè son born of a concubine / disaster / sin / evil syn
妾 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women) syn
姘妇 姘婦 pīn fù mistress / concubine / kept woman syn
嫡 dí (bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶[shu4]) syn
嫔 嬪 pín imperial concubine
姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old)
媵 yìng maid escorting bride to new home / concubine
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn
高中生 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student
年长 年長 nián zhǎng senior syn
元老 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen syn
前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn
技师 技師 jì shī senior technician / technical expert
资深 資深 zī shēn veteran (journalist etc) / senior / highly experienced syn
首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official syn
高考 gāo kǎo college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate syn
长者 長者 zhǎng zhě senior / older person syn
拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior syn
师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn
不买账 不買賬 bù mǎi zhàng not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang)
大尉 dà wèi captain (army rank) / senior captain
上位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic syn
敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home / old folks' home syn
进言 進言 jìn yán to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice syn
丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister syn
高僧 gāo sēng a senior monk syn
高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school
高级中学 高級中學 gāo jí zhōng xué senior high school / abbr. to 高中[gao1 zhong1] syn
师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
学姐 學姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate
金领 金領 jīn lǐng gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker
高中 gāo zhōng senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2] syn
大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) syn
中招 zhōng zhāo senior high school enrollment
高级管理人员 高級管理人員 gāo jí guǎn lǐ rén yuán senior management service
张学良 張學良 zhāng xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
袁世凯 袁世凱 yuán shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
高中学生 高中學生 gāo zhōng xué shēng student of a senior high school
祭酒 jì jiǔ to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China
元老院 yuán lǎo yuàn upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
何应钦 何應欽 hé yìng qīn He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general
太子党 太子黨 tài zǐ dǎng princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC)
伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn
侧室 側室 cè shì sideroom / concubine syn
家老 jiā lǎo (old) a senior in one's household
买帐 買帳 mǎi zhàng to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it syn
霸王别姬 霸王別姬 bà wáng bié jī The Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine (tragic opera by Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1]) / Farewell My Concubine (1993 film by Chen Kaige)
杯酒释兵权 杯酒釋兵權 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
婕妤 jié yú second-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked two levels below the empress)
东盟环境高官 東盟環境高官 dōng méng huán jìng gāo guān ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment / Senior Officials on the Environment
大流行病高级应急政策小组 大流行病高級應急政策小組 Pandemic Senior Emergency Policy Team / Senior Emergency Policy Team
北约高级文职代表 北約高級文職代表 NATO Senior Civilian Representative / Senior Civilian Representative
东盟林业高官 東盟林業高官 ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry / Senior Officials on Forestry
大秘 dà mì (coll.) top aide / senior personal secretary (to a senior official)
庶室 shù shì concubine
嬬 xū mistress, concubine / weak
侍妾 shì qiè concubine
做小 zuò xiǎo to be sb's concubine
姫 jī Japanese variant of 姬 / princess / imperial concubine
姬妾 jī qiè concubine
媵侍 yìng shì concubine (old)
宠擅专房 寵擅專房 chǒng shàn zhuān fáng an especially favored concubine (idiom)
簉 zào deputy / subordinate / concubine
簉室 zào shì concubine
骊姬之乱 驪姬之亂 lí jī zhī luàn Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1]
庶出 shù chū born of a concubine (rather than of the wife)
小太太 xiǎo tài tai concubine / mistress
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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