Yiji

A yiji (simplified Chinese: 艺妓; traditional Chinese: 藝妓) were female singers and dancers in ancient China. Yiji are also known as a geji（歌妓, 歌伎, 歌姬) or "singing girl"（歌女). In modern Chinese, the Chinese character "妓" is often associated with sexual transactions, and the word "歌伎" is also often used to avoid it. Yiji or Geji were women in ancient China who engaged in singing and dancing as their profession, belonging to the category of female performers who engaged in singing and dancing. Like other ancient Chinese artists, geji had a low social status, even though many of them are renowned for their talents. In ancient Chinese, the word "妓" one word can refer to both female art performers and female sex workers. The word '妓' one word in Yiji or Geji refers to female performers, not sex workers.