English Explanatory Dictionary

mui tsai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Chinese woman sold at a young age to work as a domestic servant, to be freed through marriage when older; however, some were sold into prostitution.

Word forms

mui tsai

Etymology

From Chinese 妹仔.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on M Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary