qiè
concubine
I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
qī qiè
wives and concubines (of a polygamous man)
harem
chén qiè
(literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female)
(archaic) male and female slaves
subjects (of a ruler)
chǒng qiè miè qī
favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)
spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife