chénqiè
I, your servant
臣妾 chénqiè
- I, your servant
- (literary) humble term used by women (such as a wife, concubine, or daughter of an official) when addressing the emperor or people of higher status; often used in historical dramas
- slaves and servants
- (archaic) male and female slaves or domestic servants in ancient China (male slaves called chén, female called qiè)
- subjects
- (archaic) subjects of a ruler or a subordinate state that has submitted to a sovereign power