苏格拉底 蘇格拉底 sū gé lā dǐ Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher / José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011) 索戈拉特斯 suǒ gē lā tè sī Socrates (name) / Jose Socrates, prime minister of Portugal from 2005 前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 贤妻 賢妻 xián qī (old) perfect wife / you, my beloved wife 正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 贤内助 賢內助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife syn 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 鼓盆之戚 gǔ pén zhī qī drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife 妗子 jìn zi (informal) mother's brother's wife / maternal uncle's wife syn 舅嫂 jiù sǎo wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law 孙媳夫 孫媳夫 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife 侄媳妇 姪媳婦 zhí xí fu brother's son's wife / nephew's wife syn 鼓盆 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife 宠妾灭妻 寵妾滅妻 chǒng qiè miè qī favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife 妻小 qī xiǎo wife and children / (old) wife syn 侄媳妇 姪媳婦 zhí xí fù brother's son's wife / nephew's wife syn 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fù son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 女人 nǚ ren wife syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn 妻子 qī zi wife syn 妻子 qī zǐ wife and children syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 老板娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 二奶 èr nǎi mistress / second wife / lover syn 眷属 眷屬 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife / to get married (man) 江青 jiāng qīng Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four 妻儿 妻兒 qī ér wife and child syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn 两口子 兩口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife syn 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister / wife's younger sister / sister-in-law 招亲 招親 zhāo qīn to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice syn 师母 師母 shī mǔ term of respect for a teacher's wife syn 宋庆龄 宋慶齡 sòng qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 舅妈 舅媽 jiù mā (coll.) aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 福晋 福晉 fú jìn in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife 贤妻良母 賢妻良母 xián qī liáng mǔ a good wife and loving mother 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 宋美龄 宋美齡 sòng měi líng Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife 冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor 怕老婆 pà lǎo pó henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 家眷 jiā juàn one's wife and children syn 换妻 換妻 huàn qī wife swapping 娶媳妇 娶媳婦 qǔ xí fù to get oneself a wife / to take a daughter-in-law 外甥女 wài sheng nǚ sister's daughter / wife's sibling's daughter syn 伉俪 伉儷 kàng lì husband and wife (literary) syn 丈人 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man syn 弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 安人 ān rén to pacify the people / landlady (old) / wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord 娶亲 娶親 qǔ qīn to take a wife syn 邓颖超 鄧穎超 dèng yǐng chāo Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife syn 合葬 hé zàng to bury husband and wife together / joint interment 相夫教子 xiàng fū jiào zǐ to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom) / the traditional roles of a good wife 贤慧 賢慧 xián huì (of a wife) wise and kind / perfect in her traditional roles 妻室 qī shì wife syn 岳家 yuè jiā wife's parents' home syn 娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman / wife syn 做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 军嫂 軍嫂 jūn sǎo serviceman's wife / wives of military personnel 表嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line 裙带 裙帶 qún dài waistband of a skirt / (fig.) related to the wife or another female family member 糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn 六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 鸾凤 鸞鳳 luán fèng luan and phoenix / husband and wife / virtuous person / sovereign / belle syn 发妻 髮妻 fà qī first wife syn 兄嫂 xiōng sǎo elder brother and his wife syn 大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn 