| She had been a perfect amah and servant since her employment there began only a few years before. |
| Often, they are negatively compared with a nostalgic image of the humble and loyal Chinese amah of the past. |
| I told you I wouldn't have your disgusting pipe in here, amah. |
| I've never seen anyone let an amah behave as you let her behave. |
| Calling her amah, she directed her to fetch two rolls of silk, each worth about forty dollars, and with them she cooked the rice. |
| The amah shouldered the steaming buckets and splashed across the bare boards of the ancestral hall beyond. |
