Usage of the character 娼
chāng
娼
[娼]
- prostitute
chāngnü
娼女
[娼女]
- prostitute
chāngjì
娼妓
[娼妓]
- prostitute
piáochāng
嫖娼
[嫖娼]
- to visit prostitutes
- to go whoring
chāngjiā
娼家
[娼家]
- brothel
sùchāng
宿娼
[宿娼]
- to visit a prostitute
chāngfù
娼妇
[娼婦]
- prostitute
ànchāng
暗娼
[暗娼]
- unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute
bīliángwéichāng
逼良为娼
[逼良為娼]
- to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom)
- to debauch
xiàopínbùxiàochāng
笑贫不笑娼
[笑貧不笑娼]
- the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty
- lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)