妃 (fei1 pui3 | fei1 pei4) : imperial concubine; consort

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妃

fei1 pui3

fei1 pei4

[粵] fei1 [國] fei1
[1] imperial concubine; consort
[2] wife of a prince

[粵] pui3 [國] pei4
variant of 配

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

妃

This word has been viewed 3707 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 13th Nov 2008 01:48 and last edited on 27th Jan 2014 13:04

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太妃糖 taai3 fei1 tong4*2 tai4 fei1 tang2 = toffee, toffy

貴妃蚌 gwai3 fei1 pong5 gui4 fei1 bang4 = common oriental clam; surf clam

貴妃雞 gwai3 fei1 gai1 gui4 fei1 ji1 = poached marinated chicken

妃嬪 fei1 ban3 fei1 pin2 = concubine; imperial concubine

淑妃 suk6 fei1 = court rank for imperial concubine "the decent consort"

貴妃 gwai3 fei1 gui4 fei1 = highest-ranking imperial concubine

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Decimal representation of this word: 妃
Unicode code for this character: U+5983 (off-site link)

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