前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn 安人 ān rén to pacify the people / landlady (old) / wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord 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 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 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 丈人 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man 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 故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river) 甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn 卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 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 者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn 妻子 qī zi wife syn 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn 解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker 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 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old 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 打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated 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 食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route 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 老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran 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 宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle 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 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn 寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age 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 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 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn 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 古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn 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 