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嫔

嬪
pín
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 an imperial concubine (a ranked palace consort below the empress)

Examples

HSK 7-9
宫中嫔妃众多。
Gōng zhōng pínfēi zhòngduō.
The palace was full of imperial consorts and concubines.
HSK 7-9
她从低等宫女升为受宠的嫔妃。
Tā cóng dī děng gōngnǚ shēng wéi shòuchǒng de pínfēi.
She rose from a low-ranking maid to a favored imperial concubine.

Tips

culture
In the imperial harem ranking, 妃 outranked 嫔; the pair 嫔妃 covers palace consorts generally and is everywhere in historical dramas.

Components

radical
女 nǚ
woman
Left side is the woman radical 女, fitting a word for a female member of the imperial household.
phonetic
宾 bīn
guest; sound element
Right side 宾 gives the sound; the reading shifts from 宾 to 嫔. The traditional form 嬪 uses the fuller phonetic 賓.

Stroke Order

嫔 pín