mui-tsai
noun
¦müē¦jī
plural mui-tsai
1
: a young slave girl in South China
2
: a system of girl slavery in South China
Word History
Etymology
Chinese (Cantonese) mooî-tsaí, from mooî younger sister + tsaí little; akin to Chinese (Pekingese) mei4-tsai3 little younger sister, from mei4 younger sister + tsai3 child