婢子

婢子

1. (literary, obsolete) concubine

   • 如我死，則必大為我棺，使吾二婢子夾我。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     如我死，则必大为我棺，使吾二婢子夹我。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Rú wǒ sǐ, zé bì dà wéi wǒ guān, shǐ wú èr bìzǐ jiā wǒ. [Pinyin]

     When I am dead, you must make my coffin large, and make my two concubines lie in it with me, one on each side.

2. (literary) female servant; maid

   • 卻說何玉鳳自從守着他父母的靈在安家墳園住下，有他的義娘佟舅太太合他乳母陪伴，一應粗重事兒又有張太太料理，更有許多婢子婆兒服侍圍隨，倒也頗不冷落。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     却说何玉凤自从守着他父母的灵在安家坟园住下，有他的义娘佟舅太太合他乳母陪伴，一应粗重事儿又有张太太料理，更有许多婢子婆儿服侍围随，倒也颇不冷落。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wenkang, Ernü Yingxiongzhuan, 1878 CE

     Quèshuō Hé Yùfèng zìcóng shǒu zhuó tā fùmǔ de líng zài Ān jiā fényuán zhù xià, yǒu tā de yìniáng Tóng jiùtàitài hé tā rǔmǔ péibàn, yī yìng cūzhòng shì'ér yòu yǒu Zhāng tàitài liàolǐ, gèng yǒu xǔduō bìzǐ pó'ér fúshì wéisuí, dào yě pō bù lěngluò. [Pinyin]

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3. (literary, obsolete, humble, used by a woman) I; me