"妻" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 妻
妻
- Radical
- 女 (3 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 8
- Structure
- haut et bas
- Cangjie
- JLV 十中女
- Sijiao
- 5040.4
- Wubi
- GVHV
- GB 2312
- C6DE
- Big5
- A964
- Unicode
- U+59BB
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 妻 | to marry off (a daughter) | syn | |
| 妻 | (bound form) wife | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 妻子 | wife | syn | |
| 妻子 | wife and children | syn | |
| 妻儿 妻兒 | wife and child | syn | |
| 妻妾 | wives and concubines (of a polygamous man) / harem | syn | |
| 妻室 | wife | syn | |
| 妻小 | wife and children / (old) wife | syn | |
| 妻管严 妻管嚴 | henpecked male | ||
| 妻离子散 妻離子散 | a family wrenched apart (idiom) | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 夫妻 | husband and wife / married couple | syn | |
| 前妻 | ex-wife / late wife | syn | |
| 娶妻 | to take a wife / to get married (man) | ||
| 换妻 換妻 | wife swapping | ||
| 贤妻 賢妻 | (old) perfect wife / you, my beloved wife | ||
| 发妻 髮妻 | first wife | syn | |
| 焚妻 | wife-burning | ||
| 共妻 | bride sharing | ||
| 霸妻 | to use one's power and influence to take another man's wife for oneself | ||
| 娇妻 嬌妻 | lovely wife | ||
| 人妻 | married woman / wife (as a social role) | ||
| 丧妻 喪妻 | to be bereaved of one's wife | ||
| 庶妻 | concubine | ||
| 同妻 | (neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay) | ||
| 亡妻 | one's late wife | ||
| 休妻 | to repudiate one's wife | ||
| 遗妻 遺妻 | widow / the deceased's widow | ||
| 未婚妻 | fiancée | ||
| 一妻制 | monogamy | ||
| 夫妻店 | family-run shop | ||
| 多妻制 | polygamy | ||
| 夫妻脸 夫妻臉 | see 夫妻相[fu1 qi1 xiang4] | ||
| 夫妻相 | similarity in features of an old couple / common facial traits that show predestination to be married together | ||
| 未娶妻 | not yet married / bachelor | ||
| 糟糠妻 | wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband | ||
| 贤妻良母 賢妻良母 | a good wife and loving mother | ||
| 一夫多妻 | polygamy | ||
| 封妻荫子 封妻蔭子 | to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles | syn | |
| 夫妻反目 | man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes) / marital strife | ||
| 露水夫妻 | a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship |