快 kuài rapid / quick / speed / rate / soon / almost / to make haste / clever / sharp (of knives or wits) / forthright / plainspoken / gratified / pleased / pleasant syn 聪明 聰明 cōng ming intelligent / clever / bright / acute (of sight and hearing) syn 前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn 机灵 機靈 jī ling clever / quick-witted syn 巧妙 qiǎo miào ingenious / clever / ingenuity / artifice syn 灵敏 靈敏 líng mǐn smart / clever / sensitive / keen / quick / sharp syn 智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person syn 灵通 靈通 líng tōng fast and abundant (news) / clever / effective syn 伶俐 líng lì clever / witty / intelligent / deft / adroit syn 乖巧 guāi qiǎo clever (child) / smart / lovable / cute syn 玲珑 玲瓏 líng lóng (onom.) clink of jewels / exquisite / detailed and fine / clever / nimble syn 弄巧成拙 nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō to overreach oneself / to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face syn 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 伶牙俐齿 伶牙俐齒 líng yá lì chǐ clever and eloquent (idiom) / fluent / having the gift of the gab syn 聪明反被聪明误 聰明反被聰明誤 cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity / cleverness may overreach itself / too smart for one's own good 心灵手巧 心靈手巧 xīn líng shǒu qiǎo capable / clever / dexterous syn 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 妙趣 miào qù witty / clever / amusing 自作 zì zuò to act for oneself / to view oneself (as clever, virtuous, attractive) 妙招 miào zhāo smart move / clever way of doing sth 惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever 灵机 靈機 líng jī sudden inspiration / bright idea / clever trick 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 高妙 gāo miào masterly / subtle and clever (or artwork, writing etc) syn 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved / clever / shrewd / alert / perverse / contrary to reason / irregular / abnormal syn 聪 聰 cōng (literary) acute (of hearing) / (bound form) clever / intelligent / sharp syn 自作聪明 自作聰明 zì zuò cōng míng to think oneself clever (idiom) syn 小聪明 小聰明 xiǎo cōng ming clever-clever / clever in trivial matters / sharp but petty-minded syn 机灵鬼 機靈鬼 jī líng guǐ (jocular) clever and quick-witted person syn 聪明伶俐 聰明伶俐 cōng ming líng lì clever and quick-witted syn 颖 穎 yǐng head of grain / husk / tip / point / clever / gifted / outstanding syn 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 乖觉 乖覺 guāi jué perceptive / alert / clever / shrewd syn 灵妙 靈妙 líng miào wonderful / ingenious / clever 譞 xuān usually used in a name / clever / intelligent 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 女人 nǚ ren wife syn 妻子 qī zi wife syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] 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 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 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) 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 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 老板娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's 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 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 家室 jiā shì wife / family / (literary) residence syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 外甥女 wài sheng nǚ sister's daughter / wife's sibling's daughter syn 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman / wife syn 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 舅妈 舅媽 jiù mā (coll.) aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 两口子 兩口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife 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 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 眷属 眷屬 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 妻室 qī shì wife syn 军嫂 軍嫂 jūn sǎo serviceman's wife / wives of military personnel 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 家眷 jiā juàn one's wife and children syn 大舅子 dà jiù zi (coll.) wife's older brother syn 弟媳 dì xí younger brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 娶亲 娶親 qǔ qīn to take a wife syn 婶子 嬸子 shěn zi (coll.) father's younger brother's wife / aunt syn 伉俪 伉儷 kàng lì husband and wife (literary) syn 安人 ān rén to pacify the people / landlady (old) / wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife syn 裙带 裙帶 qún dài waistband of a skirt / (fig.) related to the wife or another female family member 内弟 內弟 nèi dì wife's younger brother syn 江青 jiāng qīng Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 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 合葬 hé zàng to bury husband and wife together / joint interment 贤慧 賢慧 xián huì (of a wife) wise and kind / perfect in her traditional roles 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 妻子 qī zǐ wife and children syn 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 二奶 èr nǎi mistress / second wife / lover syn 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife / to get married (man) 妻儿 妻兒 qī ér wife and child 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 