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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jì | ji4
English translation
prostitute

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

女支

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很多 táo dào 伦敦 Lún dūn lái de 姑娘 gūniang 最后 zuìhòu dōu 沦为 lún wéi 妓女 jì nǚ .

Many girls who run away to London eventually go on the streets.

娼妓 chāng jì kào zhuàn 肮脏 āng zāng Qián 生活 shēnghuó .

A prostitute lives off immoral earnings.

zài 皮卡 pí kǎ de 广场 guǎngchǎng 遇到 yùdào 妓女 jì nǚ 公开 gōngkāi Xiàng 我兜揽生意 shēngyì .

I was openly solicited at Piccadilly Circus.

禁止 jìnzhǐ 妓女 jì nǚ zài 马路上公共场所公然 gōngrán 拉客 lā kè

Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
妓女 jì nǚ prostitute妓女 jì nǚ
prostitute
妓院 jì yuàn brothel妓院 jì yuàn
娼妓 chāng jì prostitute娼妓 chāng jì
艺妓 yì jì 艺伎 yì jì [yì​jì]藝妓
嫖妓 piáo jì to visit a prostitute嫖妓 piáo jì
狎妓 xiá jì (old) to visit prostitutes狎妓 xiá jì

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