Meanings
- 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’, Aeon1 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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ernai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ernai
“ernai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ernai. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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