gisaengn.

Brit.

/ˈɡiːsɛŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡiˌsɛŋ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, gisaengs.

Forms: 1800s ki-saing, 1800s– gesang, 1800s– ki saing, 1800s– kisaing, 1800s– kisang, 1900s– gi saeng, 1900s– gisaeng, 1900s– ki saeng, 1900s– kisaeng Brit.

/ˈkiːsɛŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkiˌsɛŋ/.

Origin: A borrowing from Korean. Etymon: Korean gisaeng.

Etymology: < Korean gisaeng (also transliterated as kisaeng) < gi- beautiful woman ( < Middle Chinese; compare Chinese jì prostitute) + -saeng person ( < Middle Chinese; compare Chinese shēng to be born, to exist).

Now historical.

With plural agreement. In Korea: women trained in singing and dancing, working as entertainers at the Korean royal court and in provincial centres.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional > eastern

bayadère1598

geisha1887

maiko1891

gisaeng1894

1894 G. N. Curzon Probl. Far East v. 133 Another peculiar coiffure is that of the King's dancing-girls, or ‘corps de ballet’, who are a regular feature at every Korean entertainment. These girls, who are called ‘Ki-saing’, correspond to the Geisha of Japan.

1951 C. Osgood Koreans & their Culture xiv. 259 The kisaeng entertainments seem to have started as a court institution.

2019 Kyung Moon Hwang Past Forward xxii. 64 This story..symbolizes the multiple, contradictory and likely painful lives of the gisaeng.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gisaeng
释义	gisaengn. Brit. /ˈɡiːsɛŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡiˌsɛŋ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, gisaengs. Forms: 1800s ki-saing, 1800s– gesang, 1800s– ki saing, 1800s– kisaing, 1800s– kisang, 1900s– gi saeng, 1900s– gisaeng, 1900s– ki saeng, 1900s– kisaeng Brit. /ˈkiːsɛŋ/, U.S. /ˈkiˌsɛŋ/. Origin: A borrowing from Korean. Etymon: Korean gisaeng. Etymology: < Korean gisaeng (also transliterated as kisaeng) < gi- beautiful woman ( < Middle Chinese; compare Chinese jì prostitute) + -saeng person ( < Middle Chinese; compare Chinese shēng to be born, to exist). Now historical. With plural agreement. In Korea: women trained in singing and dancing, working as entertainers at the Korean royal court and in provincial centres. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional > eastern bayadère1598 geisha1887 maiko1891 gisaeng1894 1894 G. N. Curzon Probl. Far East v. 133 Another peculiar coiffure is that of the King's dancing-girls, or ‘corps de ballet’, who are a regular feature at every Korean entertainment. These girls, who are called ‘Ki-saing’, correspond to the Geisha of Japan. 1951 C. Osgood Koreans & their Culture xiv. 259 The kisaeng entertainments seem to have started as a court institution. 2019 Kyung Moon Hwang Past Forward xxii. 64 This story..symbolizes the multiple, contradictory and likely painful lives of the gisaeng. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894
随便看	to stand in it to stand in judgement to stand in judgement against to stand in line to stand in little stead to stand in need to stand in no service to stand in no stead to stand in one's own light to stand in one's stockings to stand in one's way to stand in print to stand in service to stand in state to stand in stead to stand in stead of a person to stand in store to stand in super to stand in terms to stand in the breach to stand in the gap to stand in the stead of a person to stand in the way to stand in the way of to stand in the way of a person