ernai

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noun

A mistress or concubine in China.

Scrabble 5

Meanings

nounernai (plural ernai)
  1. A mistress or concubine in China.

    She was adamant that I never visit her apartment because she was surrounded by other ernai.

    2013, James Palmer, ‘Kept women’, Aeon
    1 more example

    An ernai agency operates in Shanghai, providing a menu of potential college students for men willing to pay.

    2015, Jemimah Steinfeld, Little Emperors and Material Girls, page 91

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APA

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MLA

“ernai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ernai. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ernai,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ernai.

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