Ladies-in-waiting have a strict hierarchy and are divided into fifteen grades. Maids above grade five can be called aunts.

Mammy: An elderly, married third-grade maid-in-waiting. Manage all important affairs in the palace, and be responsible for paying salaries and maids.

Mammy can also be pronounced "mom". Manchu people never call their mother mother, because mother is the title of servant.

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Qing dynasty maid-in-waiting rank

Zhengyipin: Gong Guan.

Positive two products: Shanggong, Billion, Fu Shang, Shangshu, Staff Sergeant, Shanggong.

From the second product: Yu Shi.

Activism: the mother is in charge.

From the three products: Huimin.

Positive four products: pleasing people.

From the four products: lover.

Zhengwupin: waiter.

From the five products: the director of each palace.

Positive six products: Hui Shi.

From six products: Yi Shi.

Zhengqipin: Good waiter.

From seven categories: first-class ladies.

Zhengbapin: second-class maid-in-waiting.

From Bapin: third-class maid-in-waiting.

Zhengjiupin: a maid who cleans roads and patrols every night.

From do: cold palace maid.

Zheng Shipin: Maid-in-waiting of Huan Yi Bureau.

More than five products can be called auntie.