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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *PjVn (~ w-)
Meaning: concubine
Chinese: 嬪 *b_in become wife to; queen; dead wife; concubine.
Tibetan: bjan a divorced woman; a whore (cf. also ãphjon harlot, prostitute).
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Character: 嬪
Modern (Beijing) reading: pín
Preclassic Old Chinese: b(h)in
Classic Old Chinese: b(h)in
Western Han Chinese: b(h)jǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: b(h)jǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: b(h)jin
Middle Postclassic Chinese: b(h)jin
Late Postclassic Chinese: b(h)jin
Middle Chinese: bjin
English meaning : become wife to; queen; dead wife; concubine
Russian meaning[s]: наложница императора*
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 38
Four-angle index: 9999
Karlgren code: 0389 m-n
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