婢

bì
noun #80,400

Meanings

  1. 1 a maidservant; a slave girl (in old society)

Examples

HSK 6
Cóngqián fùrén jiā yǎng zhe hěnduō núbì.
In the old days wealthy families kept many maidservants.

Tips

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婢 is a literary, historical word for a female household servant. In modern Chinese it appears mostly in the compounds 奴婢 (servants / bondmaids) and 婢女 (a maid), and in historical fiction, not in everyday speech.

Components

radical
女 nǚ
woman; female
The 'woman' on the left marks 婢 as a female servant and is its indexing radical.
phonetic
卑 bēi
low / humble
The right side gives the sound and adds a 'lowly' flavor fitting a servant's status, linking 婢 to the 卑 phonetic family.

Stroke Order

婢 bì