chāng

prostitute

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

昌 sound component

  Sound component

chāng

  

prosperous

Definitions

 

chāng

prostitute, harlot; prostitute

Most common words with 娼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

嫖娼

to go whoring

娼妓

prostitute

prostitute

娼妇

prostitute

暗娼

unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute