nǚ​shǐ

female official

  • created sense approved 女史 · nǚ​shǐ · female official — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    女史

    nǚ​shǐ

    female official

    (literary) an educated female palace official responsible for keeping records or managing royal etiquette; a female scribe in the imperial palace

    女 (literal) → 女 · nǚ · female 史 (literal) → 史 · shǐ · official historian

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 女史 · nǚ​shǐ · educated lady — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    女史

    nǚ​shǐ

    educated lady

    (polite) a respectful form of address for an educated or talented woman; a cultivated lady

    女 (literal) → 女 · nǚ · female 史 (literal) → 史 · shǐ · official historian

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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