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Chinese

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prostitute female; woman; daughter
trad. (妓女)
simp. #(妓女)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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妓女

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

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  • (female prostitute):

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
じょ
Grade: 1
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
伎女

Etymology

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/gidyo/ → /gizyo/ [gidʑo].

Noun

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()(じょ) (gijoぎぢょ (gidyo)?

  1. (archaic) a female dancer trainer by the Imperial palace
  2. a female prostitute, generally also an entertainer

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