妾身

      Mandarin

      simpl. and trad.
      妾身

      Pronoun

      妾身 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin qièshēn)

      1. (archaic) I; me

      Usage notes

      • This first person pronoun was used by females in ancient times to show modesty.

      References

      • "妾身" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-01-19.

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