"Self-reference" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zì zhǐ self-reference
 qiè concubine / I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
 lǎo mǔ old lady / (old woman's self-reference) I, me
 lǎo zhuō old fart (usually in self-reference) / geezer
 nú jiā (old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)
 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
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