Keyword
prostitute
- harlot
- Frequency
- #3327
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
chāng
Mnemonic
女 (woman) gives the meaning and 昌 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
娼妓
prostitute
嫖娼
to visit prostitutes; to go whoring
娼
prostitute
娼妇
prostitute
暗娼
unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute
逼良为娼
to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom); to debauch
笑贫不笑娼
the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty; lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
宿娼
to visit a prostitute