The story
- Cantonese · borrowed from妹仔“maidservant”
- English todaymooi-jai
Borrowed from Cantonese 妹仔 (mui⁶⁻¹ zai², “maidservant”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mooi-jai
Today it means: A female household servant, usually an unwanted daughter bought from another family. Full definition →
Cantonese 妹仔