ernai

ernai

See also: èrnǎi

English

Noun

ernai (plural ernai)

1. A mistress or concubine in China.
   • 2013, James Palmer, ‘Kept women’, Aeon:

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

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

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

Anagrams

• Arnie, Neira, Neria, Raine