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cung nữ

Pronunciation Northern /kuŋ˧˧ nɨʔɨ˧˥/ Central /kuŋ˧˥ nɨ˧˩˨/ Southern /kuŋ˧˧ nɨ˨˩˦/
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palace maid
Noun
palace maid
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
palace maid Occupations & WorkplaceTheme

A palace maid is a woman who works within a royal court to serve the emperor, empress, or other family members.

vi Các cung nữ đang chuẩn bị trang phục cho hoàng hậu.

en The palace maids are preparing the outfit for the empress.

Parts
cung / nữ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 宮女 …

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 宮女

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
宮女
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
đòi / hầu gái / nhài / Ô-sin …
Use
cung điện / ngũ cung / thiên cung / cấm cung …
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