妃

imperial concubine

female / woman / daughter

archaic variant of 汝[ru3]

self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa

imperial concubine

imperial concubine

imperial concubine

concubine's smile, a cultivar of lychee

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)

see 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]

Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]

same as 斑竹[ban1 zhu2], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜[Shun4] concubines (Ehuang 娥皇[E2 huang2] and Nüying 女英[Nü3 ying1], known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃[Xiang1 Fei1]) upon learning of his death

imperial wives and concubines

toffee (loanword)